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Chief threatened in Fla. town where teen was shot

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee speaks to the the media during a news conference Thursday, March 22, 2012 as city manager Norton Bonaparte Jr. listens at left, in Sanford Fla. Lee, who has been bitterly criticized for not arresting a neighborhood watch volunteer in the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager, announced that he is temporarily stepping down to let passions cool. (AP Photo/Julie Fletcher)

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SANFORD, Fla. - March 24, 2012 (WPVI) -- Authorities say a Florida man is charged with threatening the police chief who had been overseeing the investigation into the shooting death of an unarmed black teen by a neighborhood watch captain.

The Seminole County Sheriff's Office says John Carnduff Stewart of Melbourne Beach emailed Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee on Friday, saying Lee and his family should be killed. Melbourne beach is nearly 70 miles south of Sanford.

The sheriff's office says Stewart has sent threatening emails previously, including threats to Penn State University assistant football coach Mike McQueary.

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Stewart was placed on electronic monitoring as a condition of his $10,000 bond.

Lee temporarily stepped down as chief amid national outrage over the investigation. The neighborhood watch captain, George Zimmerman, has not been charged in Trayvon Martin's death.

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