Jail for 'vile threats' to animal researchers

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 2/3/9 | Henry K. Lee

[SmithL]

REDWOOD CITY -- A Capitola man has been sentenced to six months in jail for making threatening phone calls to two UCSF scientists who use animals for research, prosecutors said today.

Justin Bhagat Thind, 33, repeatedly called the researchers at their homes in Belmont and San Mateo over a four-day span in September 2007, phoning as late as 1 a.m., said Steve Wagstaffe, San Mateo County's chief deputy district attorney.

Thind made "vile threats," telling the scientists they would die the same way they made the animals suffer, Wagstaffe said.

Investigators tracked the calls to Thind's cell phone. He faces similar charges in Marin County for allegedly harassing other UCSF researchers.

Thind's MySpace page, which is filled with graphic images of animals being slaughtered, lists his occupation as "Revolutionary/Truthseeker/S-kicker/Vegan freak."

[SmithL]

The terrorist is getting off easy.

[Anti-Bubba182]

He won’t stop, I bet.

[End Times Sentinel]

OMG! I read that headline as “Jail for ‘vile threats’ to animals”.

I thought I might have to find a new passtime at the zoo.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

Oh yes.

I’d have invited him over to talk about the whole thing, tell him maybe he’s right and I’d like to hear what he has to say.

Then meet him at the door with a blast of double ought to the chest before calling 911 for a squeegee.

You know someone that stupid could easily be baited into giving you an excuse.

[jazusamo]

Yes, he is getting off easy. It should have been 6 years.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***”...Vegan freak.”***

I purty sure he will get lots of meat in jail. ;-D

[ontap]

Revolutionary/Truthseeker/S-kicker/Vegan freak

Ad to that moron/ idiot/ dumbass/jailbird!!!!

[VeniVidiVici]

Hopefully Justin will make a lot of close friends behind bars. Judge was entirely too easy on him.

[george76]

Thanks.

Still waiting for good news on Jerry V and his wife.