Anchorage man sentenced for mailing threats to judges, police officers

An Anchorage man has been sentenced to probation for mailing threatening letters and blaming them on another person he wanted to see fired.

James Keophithoun, 56, was sentenced in federal court to 36 months of probation for his conviction on four counts of mailing the threatening communications.

According to Assistant United States Attorney Bryan Schroder, Keophithoun mailed two threatening letters to a State of Alaska Superior Court Judge in January and March of 2007.

Later, in October 2007, the defendant mailed threatening letters to two Anchorage police officers.

All four letters were purportedly sent by another person, but were drafted and mailed by the Keophithoun himself.

During an interview with FBI agents, the defendant admitted writing the letters in hopes that the judge and the police officers would contact the employer of the other person and have him fired.

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