Man Admits Making Threat Against Clinton

Thu., April 23, 1998

From Staff

An Oregon man has pleaded guilty to a federal charge of making a threat against the president.

William Stanton Boyd Jr., 19, of Keno, faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine for his boast while shopping for a gun.

Boyd went to the Wal-Mart in Klamath Falls, Ore., on Jan. 7 to look at a .22-caliber rifle. Sighting down the barrel, he told the sales clerk that the gun was perfect for his purposes. “I am going to assassinate President Clinton,” Boyd told the clerk.

The clerk took the threat seriously.

Boyd already was in jail for violating his probation on a theft conviction. He denied making the threat and said he even had a picture of the president on a cell wall because he likes Clinton.

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