PHOENIX, Arizona — David Lee Simpson, of Bath, has been sentenced to probation over threatening Tweets sent to Nancy Grace and Jane Velez-Mitchell of Turner Broadcasting’s HLN network over coverage of the Jodi Arias trial.
He plead guilty to ‘attempted computer tampering.’
Simpson was in New York when he sent the tweets in question, but Arizona asserted jurisdiction since the threats were made against people for conduct during their coverage of a case in Phoenix.
Jodi Arias was convicted in her former boyfriend’s death, the trial is still ongoing.
On June 4, 2008, salesman Travis Alexander was murdered in his house in Mesa, Arizona. He sustained multiple stab wounds, a slit throat, and a gunshot to the head. Jodi Arias, Alexander’s ex-girlfriend, was charged with first-degree murder for his death.
At trial, she testified that she killed Alexander in self-defense. She was convicted of first-degree murder on May 8, 2013. The murder and trial received widespread media attention.
