PHOENIX (AP) ? A New York man indicted in Arizona on charges that he made Twitter death threats against two national TV commentators over their coverage of Jodi Arias, whom he claims to be in love with, told detectives he was on his way to kill one of them, authorities said Thursday.
Maricopa County sheriff's officers transported David Lee Simpson, 48, of Bath, N.Y., to Phoenix, where he was booked into jail Wednesday evening.
An Arizona grand jury indicted him July 18 on three felony counts of computer tampering and two counts of stalking.
According to a probable cause statement from the Sheriff's Office, Simpson began his tweets June 11 claiming he was responsible for the killing of Arias' boyfriend.
The threats against Nancy Grace and Jane Velez-Mitchell, both hosts of shows on Turner Broadcasting's HLN network, grew more serious June 12, the same day Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery said he planned to try again to secure the death penalty for Arias.
County authorities said Simpson told them late Wednesday "he was on his way to Georgia to kill Nancy Grace."
The man also indicated he had placed several pipe bombs in rural northern Pennsylvania, sheriff's spokesman Brandon Jones said. Jones said authorities are unaware of any connection between the bombs and the death threats.
A jury convicted Arias of first-degree murder May 8 in the June 2008 death of boyfriend Travis Alexander at his suburban Phoenix home. The same panel later failed to reach a unanimous decision on whether to sentence her to life in prison or death. Prosecutors now have the option of pursuing a new penalty phase aiming for the ultimate punishment, or avoiding it and leaving Arias with a life sentence.
Grace and Velez-Mitchell both regularly covered the nearly five-month trial. They focused heavily on Arias' guilt, which apparently angered Simpson, according to court records.
Among the threatening Tweets was one aimed at Velez-Mitchell stating, "I will be waiting for you and Nancy" when Arias' retrial begins.
In the same string of Tweets, Simpson indicated he was in Arizona and threatened to "slit Nancy Grace's throat." Investigators found he was actually still in New York at the time.
The documents indicate Simpson also used Twitter to threaten a Phoenix woman, who "stated she was scared to death."
Maricopa County Sheriff's Office investigators tracked the Twitter account to Simpson and flew to New York to interview him June 25, but Simpson had not yet been placed under arrest.
"He provided a full confession and stated he posted everything on Twitter because he was in love with Jodi Arias and he wanted a life with her," according to the probable cause statement.
Turner Broadcasting indicated Grace and Velez-Mitchell wanted to pursue charges against the man, according to the probable cause filing. The network also increased its security and told authorities that both TV personalities were concerned for their safety, the filing states.
As the investigation continued, detectives received an email from Turner Broadcasting on July 15 that said Grace and Velez-Mitchell were again receiving threats from a person they believed to be Simpson.
"Can't wait see you in Arizona I'm excited," he wrote in one, according to the records.
Simpson does not yet have an attorney. Neither Grace nor Velez-Mitchell apparently responded to him on Twitter, and Turner Broadcasting officials declined to comment.
Two days later, the records state, authorities in New York took Simpson into custody after co-workers at a garage where he worked told police he "had a loaded handgun, and stated he was going to kill Nancy Grace."
Bath police investigator Heather Barry said Thursday she had been searching for Simpson to charge him with aggravated harassment just to get him into custody. She said she then got a worried call from the garage owner.
"He said he (Simpson) was throwing stuff out, loading up the car, and he's got a gun," Barry said Thursday. "I flew over there before he left town and grabbed him. It was getting crazy."
She said she'll recommend dropping the misdemeanor harassment count, given the Arizona indictment, but she noted the New York investigation is ongoing.
On July 20, Bath and Maricopa County authorities searched a travel camper and car belonging to Simpson. They said they found two guns, a pair of handcuffs, several knives, binoculars, shotgun ammunition, a police scanner and receipts for purchases of two shotguns and a rifle.
Simpson was subsequently arrested. He is awaiting arraignment in Arizona set for Aug. 1.
Barry said Simpson's story of planting pipe bombs is credible, and she is working with Pennsylvania police to locate the devices. She wouldn't elaborate because she didn't want to cause panic but said "they are not in a location where we think anybody is in immediate danger."
Montgomery, the Maricopa County attorney, said Arizona has jurisdiction in the case because the Twitter threats were against "individuals for conduct that was occurring" in the state, meaning it stemmed from coverage of the Arias case by Grace and Velez-Mitchell, who both were in the county at times.
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Associated Press writer Rik Stevens contributed to this report from Albany, N.Y.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/authorities-man-said-headed-kill-grace-212037523.html
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By Zachary Norman
year 1982 when during Polish Badminton Association meeting, Zbigniew Przybylski, director of??Head of Physical Culture and Sport Department at Voivodeship Office??in Opole suggested shyly, why don?t we build badminton sport hall in G?ubczyce? Total silence in the meeting room. Sport Hall? In G?ubczyce? Unthinkable! Many years passed before the process started. In 1986 the first plans and drawings were presented by the team from G?ubczyce: Marian Masiuk director of Centre of Sport and Recreation, Bohdan Chom?towski- president of Badminton ?District Council in G?ubczyce, Jerzy Koz?owski president of club ?LKS Technik G?ubczyce, Ryszard Borek national coach, as well as representatives of G?ubczyce Town Hall.
Tourism and we hoped that they will support our vision. To our delight the plan was accepted (and put into central plan!!! of ?Central Committee of Physical Culture and Tourism) and in 1988, building of the first badminton?sport hall in Poland ?has started. ?Marian Renke leading in 1984 ??Central Committee of Physical Culture and Tourism ?together with the Investment Department guaranteed the funds for the build. Activists from Glubczyce also put a lot of effort into getting some funds from local authorities. All looked good, to good to last! In 1985 Boles?aw Kapitan became the minister of Sport and yet again many more meetings so as the financial support wasn?t dropped. ?In 1987-1988 ?Boles?aw Kapitan was replaced by Aleksander Kwa?niewski, so yet more meetings and talks! Not sure how many meetings, but me and Andrzej Szalewicz, president of the Polish Badminton Association were frequent guests in the Ministry of Sport ( former Central Committee of Physical Culture and Tourism) and? Marian Masiuk who was in charge of the build wrote countless letters ? all that enabled us to survive until 1989.
years started in 1991 as there was a general chaos due to economic and political changes in Poland. There was very little money for continuing with the build. Luckily the team led by Marian continued the work, hoping that any day more money will be arranged. Then, Andrzej Szalewicz was elected a new President of the Polish Olympic Committee. He was the very first president who was not involved in Communist Party; in fact, he was fired from ZAE ?POLON? company for protecting Solidarity members. Andrzej Szalewicz was at the same time the President of the Polish Badminton Association and Union of the Polish Sports Associations. We hoped that Andrzej?s new position will help with getting more funds to put a roof on an unfinished sport hall.? There were many changes in the structure of Ministry of Sport and? people who were heading it (there were six, Zygmunt Lenkiewicz, Micha? Bidas, Zygmunt Zalewski, Marek Paszucha, Stefan Paszczyk, Jacek D?bski).
and I persuaded Eugeniusz Pietrasik, the vice Chairman of Ministry of Sport and also President of Polish Olympics Foundation and vice president Polish Olympic Committee to visit G?ubczyce. First a quick visit to the building site, than a several hours long discussions. It was a truly successful meetings, as the funds to finalise the build in the next three years were granted. ?Just before finishing the sport hall another blow, we heard from the G?ubczyce 
?Town Hall, that the hotel?that was an integral part of the build was sold. All in the glory of law! Unbelievable and sad but true.
of the build and OSiR director received the golden medal of Eminent Physical Culture Activist.
and Andrzej Szalewicz these are unforgettable memories!
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