“I’LL KILL YOU”: Colorado Springs County Commissioner receives threatening texts

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) – “I’ll kill you” is one of over thirty texts El Paso County Commissioner of district three Stan Vanderwerf says he received last week.

“Late at night I received a series of texts that ultimately ended up in an individual threatening my life,” Vanderwerf said.

Police tell 11 News they found the person responsible and made an arrest. Casey Jones was arrested late last week, charged with a misdemeanor, and released. Despite police saying he was of sound mind when making the threats.

“It’s a real problem and I think we’re seeing an artifact of that in somebody wanting to threaten my life that happened last week,” Vanderwerf said.

“I was dismayed and actually slightly angry,” Representative from District 14 Marc Synder said.

In 2005 marc Snyder who is running against Vanderwerf in this upcoming election says he was attacked by a man while hiking with his dog. He tells me he feared for he and his family’s safety.

“Nobody should nobody’s running for office should experience any kind of physical violence or any threat of physical violence,” Snyder said.

Police say they have no reason to believe the threats have to do with politics yet but Vanderwerf says these threats are a sign of where we are as a country in politics.

“He really contributed to the caustic atmosphere that we have in politics today in America,” Vanderwerf said.

Vanderwerf adds, he hopes the person responsible will face the kind of punishment that will lead to his rehabilitation. 11 News also reached out to libertarian john angle, who’s facing both Vanderwerf and Snyder in the election for his reaction.

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