26 year-old Katherine R. Windels has been charged for sending emails containing bomb threats and death threats to Wisconsin state senators during the budget battles last month.
According to the Milwauakee Journal Sentinel:
Windels was charged with two felony counts “bomb scare” and two misdemeanor counts of “computer message-threatening injury/bodily harm.” If convicted, each felony count carries a maximum penalty of three years and six months in prison and a $10,000 fine, and each misdemeanor count carries a maximum penalty of 90 days in prison and a $1,000 fine.
Windels was never arrested, but released on her own recognizance. This is surprising, since it now comes to light that she was investigated last year for similar activity. It is not known what she wrote exactly, as police redacted all content of the emails, but an acquaintance, Lisa Patterson, who received the e-mails, felt compelled to take them to the police. The police merely told Windels to cease contact with Patterson.
In this latest caper meanwhile, Winands used the alias “Lisa Patterson.” Vindictiveness perhaps?
Liberty Chick reported at BigGovernment Friday that the Mackinaw Center recently received similar threats from a female caller. Could this be the same person again?
Winands’ e-mails got a lot of play when they first appeared. They were particularly vicious...
...While media outlets have provided scant information about Windels other than her age and physical characteristics, Gateway Pundit and Underground Conservative identified someone of similar description who is a nursery school teacher.
The PeekYou profile of one Katherine A. Windels describes work with Head Start and the Red Caboose daycare center in Madison. The picture provided is also a fairly good match for the photo included here, from the Madison, WI, ABC affiliate WKOW.com. Her LinkedIn profile is more detailed:
Practicum experiences at Orchard Ridge Nursery School, Meeting House Nursery School, Wexford Head Start, and Red Caboose Nursery School. Worked with children ages 1-6 in preschool and kindergarten classrooms. Applied child development theory to practice. Observed, recorded, and assessed children’s growth and development. Implemented developmentally appropriate guidance strategies. Intregrated my knowledge of health, safety and nutrition practices into the classroom setting according to local, state, and national standards. Developed and used interpersonal skills to develop respectful relationships with children and adults. Advocated for children, families, and the profession.
Children ages 1 – 6…
This would seem to be of a piece with everything else the unions do to get their way. And they wonder why we want to curb their power!
Except for the revelation that Winands had another run-in with the law in October, a story uncovered by fellow examiner Joe Newby, the media has been completely silent.
Two of the journalists who initially broke the story, Bill Glauber of the Journal Sentinel Online and Sandy Cullen of the Wisconsin State Journal, had no information on Winands line of work and whether or not she was a teacher. When asked if they planned to pursue the story further, neither responded.
This would not be the case were Winands a conservative.
