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California Man Arrested for Making Death Threats Against Washington Congressman

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Charles Turner Habermann, of Palm Springs, California, was arrested on charges of threatening a federal official in connection with allegedly making two expletive-laden, threatening phone calls to the Seattle office of Congressman Jim McDermott on December 9, 2010.

California Man Arrested for Making Death Threats Against Washington Congressman

Charles Turner Habermann, of Palm Springs, California, was arrested on charges of threatening a federal official in connection with allegedly making two expletive-laden, threatening phone calls to the Seattle office of Congressman Jim McDermott on December 9, 2010. In the first call recorded on the office answering system, Habermann threatens to kill the congressman, his friends, and his family. In the second call, Habermann says he will hire someone to put the congressman "in the trash."

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