Man Arrested Over Threatening Letters To Officials

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Feb 11, 2009 4:10PM

Ronald Haddad Jr. has learned the hard way that if you have a problem with the job elected officials are doing, you're better off sending that angry letter to the editor of a newspaper. Oh, and you can't threaten to kill them because you're mad about high taxes, either. Haddad was arrested yesterday and charged with sending threatening letters to various elected officials including Mayor Daley, Cook County Board President Todd Stroger, former Governor Rod Blagojevich, and Ald. Edward Burke (14th). Some of the nuggets of non-constructive criticism in the letters included, "This is the end of Daley and his empire," and, "You will surely end up dead." Haddad is accused of sending multiple rounds of threatening letters since December 2007. The last batch were sent last month; Mayor Daley received a letter that had "a shotgun shell that had a wire attached to the primer." If convicted, Haddad could serve up to 10 years.