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Posted on Mon, Mar. 07, 2005
Women accused of threatening judge
By Max B. Baker
Star-Telegram Staff Writer
FORT WORTH - Texas Rangers arrested two women waiting for a trial to begin Monday in state District Judge Wayne Salvant's courtroom after Salvant told prosecutors that they had threatened him at his home during the weekend.
Lesha Ferrell, 42, and Rebecca Hanson, 31, were in court for the trial of Ferrell's son, Montrail Ferrell, on a drug possession charge.
Prosecutor Jim Hudson said Salvant told the Tarrant County district attorney's office that Lesha Farrell and others came to his home Friday.
"The jury panel was out in the hallway, and the judge came in and told the district attorney what had happened, and a decision was made to consult with the Texas Rangers," Hudson said.
The women were taken into custody without incident because they "were surrounded by about a half-dozen Texas Rangers," Hudson said.
Ferrell and Hanson were in Tarrant County Jail on Monday night facing retaliation charges. Bail for each was set at $250,000.
Montrail Ferrell's trial was postponed.
Details of what happened at Salvant's home could not be learned Monday. Neither Rangers nor Salvant returned phone calls.
Hudson said Salvant was apparently "rattled" because last week a Chicago federal judge found her husband and mother slain in the basement of her home. Authorities are investigating whether their deaths are linked to white supremacist Matt Hale. The killings came a month before Hale was to be sentenced by another judge for trying to have Lefkow killed.
Staff writer Mark Agee contributed to this report.
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