Wayne County canvasser says recent, violent threats have her living in fear
23-year-old woman arrested for threatening canvasser, her 12-year-old daughter
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Chair canvasser Monica Palmer says she’s afraid for her life and the lives of her family after receiving violent and threatening messages in November.
“I have received text messages with graphic photos of naked, dead women and then a photo of my daughter letting me know that that’s what’s going to happen to my daughter,” Palmer said during a Michigan Board of State Canvassers meeting.
Palmer and her 12-year-old daughter were threatened by 23-year-old Katelyn Jones after the canvasser initially voted against certifying the results of the 2020 election in November.
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — Speaking at a news conference Thursday, Wayne County Board of Canvassers Chairwoman Monica Palmer condemned messages threatening herself and her 12-year-old daughter that have landed a
DETROIT — A woman has been charged with making threats against a Detroit-area Republican election official who received photos of a mutilated body a day after a clamorous meeting at which she initially refused to certify local results in favor of Joe Biden, authorities said Wednesday."You have made a grave mistake. I hope you realize that now," Katelyn Jones said in a text message to Monica Palmer, a member of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers, according to the FBI.A criminal complaint
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Charges filed against woman who allegedly threatened Board of Canvassers chairperson
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WAYNE COUNTY The FBI has filed charges against a 23-year-old woman for allegedly threatening Wayne County Board of Canvassers Chairperson Monica Palmer, a Grosse Pointe Woods Republican.
In a complaint filed Dec. 22 in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, the FBI charged Katelyn Jones with threats of violence through interstate commerce against the United States. The U.S. is named as the plaintiff in the case.
According to the complaint, Jones has a driver’s license out of Olivet, Michigan, but was staying at her mom’s home in New Hampshire when she was arrested Dec. 22.
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A young woman in New Hampshire was arrested on Wednesday after sending death threats to the chair of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers in November.
The FBI says Katelyn Jones, 23, sent images of a naked, bloodied corpse and additional threats regarding the daughter and husband of a Michigan election official.
During her arrest, court filings from the DOJ allege that Jones admitted to sending the threatening messages and photos.
A woman in New Hampshire was arrested and charged on accusations of making death threats and sending photos of a mutilated corpse to the chair of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers in Michigan, Monica Palmer, according to the US Department of Justice.