Epping woman pleads guilty in Detroit-area election threats case

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DETROIT (AP) — A New Hampshire woman pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to texting threats to a Detroit-area election official after a November 2020 meeting to certify local results in the presidential race.

Katelyn Jones, 25, formerly of Olivet, Michigan, and now living in Epping, New Hampshire, faces up to 10 years in federal prison. She is scheduled to be sentenced July 11, The Detroit News reported.

Katelyn Jones, 25, of Epping, pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to texting threats to a Detroit-area election official in November 2020.
Katelyn Jones, 25, of Epping, pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to texting threats to a Detroit-area election official in November 2020.

Jones targeted Monica Palmer, the Republican chairwoman of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers, and her family, investigators said.

Jones sent photos of a dead body and threatened Palmer on Nov. 18, 2020, the FBI said.

She apparently was upset that Palmer and another Republican on the four-member Board of Canvassers initially refused to certify Wayne County’s election results on Nov. 17, typically a routine step on the way to statewide certification.

They subsequently certified the totals in favor of Joe Biden after people watching the public meeting on video conference criticized them during a comment period.

This article originally appeared on Portsmouth Herald: Epping woman pleads guilty in Detroit-area election threats case