Man Sentenced for Threatening Ex-Wife
A North Hollywood man who prosecutors said threatened to kill his ex-wife, bomb her car and sexually mutilate her son was sentenced to 360 days in jail.
Shawn Kelly, 39, pleaded no contest in Van Nuys Municipal Court on Wednesday to threatening his ex-wife over the telephone, the district attorney’s office said.
The 40-year-old woman reported the calls to police earlier this year, saying she feared for her life, according to her attorneys.
In addition to jail time, Kelly was placed on three years’ probation, barred from owning dangerous weapons and ordered not to annoy or harass the victim or her son. Kelly must also attend one year of domestic counseling, court Commissioner Mitchell Block said.
Kelly was convicted of abusing the same woman in August 1994 and violated his probation for that crime by making the threatening calls, according to the district attorney’s office.
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