{"id":30194,"date":"2015-02-23T15:59:37","date_gmt":"2015-02-23T20:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=30194"},"modified":"2015-08-10T04:07:48","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T08:07:48","slug":"new-york-man-arrested-for-threatening-hlns-nancy-grace-over-jodi-arias-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/new-york-man-arrested-for-threatening-hlns-nancy-grace-over-jodi-arias-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Man Sentenced For Threatening HLN’s Nancy Grace On Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"
PHOENIX, Arizona —\u00a0David 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.<\/p>\n
He plead guilty to ‘attempted computer tampering.’<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Jodi Arias was convicted in her former boyfriend’s death,\u00a0the trial is still ongoing.<\/p>\n
On June 4, 2008, salesman Travis Alexander<\/b> was murdered in his house in Mesa, Arizona<\/a>. 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<\/a> for his death.<\/p>\n