Radio ham pleads not guilty to all charges

This week's Amateur Radio Newsline carries a further report on the ham radio operator accused of making bomb threats, jamming police and fire channels, and interrupting the region's emergency radio traffic.

Irene Marie Levy, KJ6CEY, has pleaded not guilty to felony charges of making criminal threats and making a false bomb report. She is also facing misdemeanor counts of maliciously interrupting a communications transmission and obstructing
arrest.

According to the Desert Sun on-line newspaper, the intentional interference with police and fire radio communications allegation involved a bomb threat.
Court papers say that it also contained what the newspaper terms as "specific" and "unequivocal" threats made to a certain sergeant, leading him to fear for the safety of his family.

Hemet police Lt. Mark Richards says that Levy was arrested at her home after investigators tracked her down by investigators using radio direction finding techniques.

A felony settlement conference was set for Wednesday May 12th and a preliminary hearing was tentatively scheduled a week later on May 20th.

ARNewsline, Desert Sun