UXBRIDGE, MASS. (WHDH) - An Uxbridge man is facing federal charges after allegedly mailing extortion threats to a West Virginia judge, officials said.
Keith Lessard, 40, was charged with sending threats through e-mail and the Postal Service to a Kanawha County Circuit Judge, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Lessard allegedly threatened to extort the judge by claiming she engaged in illegal conduct against him in a 2010 case while she was an assistant prosecutor.
Officials said there is no evidence of illegal conduct.
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