Christopher Cleary has been sentenced to up to five years in prison on a charge of attempted threat of terrorism.
Colorado - Christopher Cleary had a history of threatening women with violence when he was arrested in January on the morning of the Women's March in Provo, Utah. The 27-year-old Colorado man blamed years of romantic rejection for his anger toward women, according to a police affidavit.
According to legal experts, the case has pitted the First Amendment right to free speech against public safety concerns, testing the criminal justice system's ability to respond to a man who wrote online that he wanted to be "the next mass shooter." "I don't want to be in the position of guessing what Colorado is going to do," the judge said, the Deseret News reported.
Cleary's previous stalking convictions in Colorado, both low-level felonies, were based on harassment and threats against multiple women. In at least one case, he posted the victim's phone number on false Craigslist ads soliciting sex, leading to constant harassment and severe distress, according to a police affidavit. He made frequent threats of violence, such as a text message in 2015 warning a woman, "I own multiple guns I can have u dead in a second.
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