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Tampa, Florida - A police officer who mouthed off while picking up his uniform at the cleaners has been indicted on a charge of threatening President George W Bush for allegedly saying he would shoot him and his father if someone gave him the bullets. Joseph Mazagwu, 35, surrendered on Friday on charges of threatening the president and lying to investigators. The rookie officer has been suspended from the force and could lose his job. If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison. He had no comment after his first court appearance and was released on $25 000...

Tampa, Florida - Tampa police officer Joseph Mazagwu has been arrested and charged with threatening to kill President George Bush when the President was here in July. STEVE HOGUE, Tampa Police Chief: “He apparently went in to a local business and made these comments. It was reported to another police officer and we called the Secret Service at once.” In Federal Court today, the U.S. Atty.’s office quoted Mazagwu’s conversation with a dry cleaning employee on July 15th. Mazagwu allegedly said he wanted nothing to do with protecting the President and went on to criticize the President’s policies in both...

MIAMI -- A Florida trainee police officer was arrested today for making a threat to kill President Bush before a visit by Bush to Tampa last month, prosecutors said. Joseph Chiejina Mazagwu, a 35-year-old Tampa resident, was indicted Thursday on charges of making a threat against the president and making a false statement to a federal agent, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Tampa said. According to the indictment, Mazagwu made a threat to harm and kill the president on July 15. Bush visited the city the following day. Mazagwu made remarks to a clerk at a Tampa business and the...