Canadian Charged With Threatening To Kill Bush
OTTAWA (AFP) - A 29-year-old Canadian who appears to be mentally ill has been charged with threatening to kill US President George W. Bush, police said Friday.
Darren Lovelock of Kingston, Ontario, 260 kilometers (160 miles) east of Toronto, was charged with "making threats against an internationally protected person," Kingston Police Constable Michael Menor told AFP.
The indictment carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison, if he is convicted.
AFP Photo: A 29-year-old Canadian who appears to be mentally ill has been charged with threatening to kill US President George W. Bush, seen here 10 January 2007, police said Friday. Photo:Marco Longari /AFP
According to police, Lovelock allegedly began sending emails to White House staff in October 2005, then again in June and July of 2007, threatening to use a bomb and other means to kill the US president.
However, he did not appear to pose any real threat to Bush, Menor said.
"We seized some writings, but we did not find any bomb-making materials or weapons at his residence," he told AFP. "Even so, there was more than enough evidence to charge him."
Menor said officials will seek to get Lovelock court-imposed treatment to break his Bush fixation, "because you can't just go around threatening the president of the United States."