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Calif. woman charged with threatening Obama
Women used cell phone to make threats
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Posted: 02/22/2013
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -
A California woman has been indicted on a charge she posted threatening statements about President Barack Obama and his family on her Twitter feed and Facebook page while she was visiting New Orleans.
Friday's one-count indictment charges 32-year-old Felisha Monet Mitchell, of Palm Springs, Calif., with threatening the president, a charge punishable by a maximum of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Federal prosecutors say Mitchell used her cellphone to post the alleged threats in January.
Mitchell was arrested earlier this month and ordered held in custody.
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