Pierce County prosecutors have charged a 44-year-old Tacoma man with threatening a Tacoma Municipal Court judge.
Kenneth R. Bixby was arraigned Thursday on one count of intimidating Judge David Ladenburg. He was ordered held in the Pierce County Jail in lieu of $200,000 bail.
Court documents gave this account:
Bixby apparently became upset after appearing before Ladenburg on Aug. 10 in a domestic violence case.
Several threatening messages later were left on Bixby’s attorney’s voice mail. In the obscenity-laced messages, Bixby threatened to find out where Ladenburg lived and to kill the judge if he saw him on the street.
The threats were copied on to a CD, which was provided to police.
An officer read Ladenburg the quotes, and the judge said he felt threatened by them. Ladenburg believed the threats were made as a result of his rulings in Bixby’s case.
After his arrest, Bixby told investigators he’d been upset but did not plan to carry out his threats. He apologized.
Stacey Mulick, staff writer
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