Investigators: Emails to Dodge City mayor weren t threats
by The Associated Press
Last Updated Dec 18, 2020 at 9:44 am EDT
DODGE CITY, Kan. Several investigators have concluded that angry emails about mask requirements that prompted a Kansas mayor to resign did not directly threaten her safety.
Dodge City Mayor Joyce Warshaw resigned Tuesday. She said she did not feel safe continuing in the role because of threatening communications she received after she was quoted in a USA Today article supporting the city’s mask mandate in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Dodge City investigators, the city prosecutor and the Ford County prosecutor reviewed three emails sent to Warshaw before concluding they were not threats against her.
Dodge City Daily Globe
Investigators in Dodge City have concluded angry emails sent for former Mayor Joyce Warshaw didn t contain threats.
The emails, which contained such messages as You and your city council should be tried for murder, led Warshaw to resign effective during a Tuesday meeting.
The Dodge City Police Department and Brad Ralph, counsel for the city, released the investigation summary Wednesday.
According to the summary, emails sent to Warshaw were turned over to Dodge City Police detective Sgt. James Thompson through Dodge City Police Chief Drew Francis. The first email was time stamped 9:18 p.m., the summary said. The only text contained in the subject line read, You and your city council should be tried for murder.
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Updated: 12:50 PM CST Dec 18, 2020 KMBC 9 News Staff Several investigators have concluded that angry emails about mask requirements that prompted a Kansas mayor to resign did not directly threaten her safety. Dodge City Mayor Joyce Warshaw resigned Tuesday. She said she did not feel safe continuing in the role because of threatening communications she received after she was quoted in a USA Today article supporting the cityâs mask mandate in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Dodge City investigators, the city prosecutor and the Ford County prosecutor reviewed three emails sent to Warshaw before concluding they were not threats against her. They said the man who sent the emails supports mask mandates and was frustrated that the city hadnât acted faster to fight the virus.The emails had only summary lines with the messages, âYou and your city council should be tried for murder;â âHistory will scorn you;â and âThere is a goo
December 18, 2020 - 7:03 AM
DODGE CITY, Kan. - Several investigators have concluded that angry emails about mask requirements that prompted a Kansas mayor to resign did not directly threaten her safety.
Dodge City Mayor Joyce Warshaw resigned Tuesday. She said she did not feel safe continuing in the role because of threatening communications she received after she was quoted in a USA Today article supporting the city s mask mandate in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Dodge City investigators, the city prosecutor and the Ford County prosecutor reviewed three emails sent to Warshaw before concluding they were not threats against her. They said the man who sent the emails supports mask mandates and was frustrated that the city hadn t acted faster to fight the virus.