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Monday, March 29, 2010

Philadelphia man charged with threatening GOP’s No. 2 in Congress

A Northeast Philadelphia man was charged with threatening the life of a Virginia Congressman and his family in an Internet video he had studded with Old Testament references and in which he referred to the "final Yom Kippur."

Norman Leboon, 38, of the 1600 block of Benner Street in Mayfair, was charged by the U.S. Attorney's office in Philadelphia with two counts involving threats against U.S. Rep. Eric Cantor (R., Va.), the Republican House whip.

Leboon was arrested Saturday by the FBI, three days after his YouTube video was seen by someone in San Francisco and reported to the FBI.

Although Leboon called Cantor "my Congressman" in his homemade video, there seems to be no evidence Leboon ever lived anywhere but Philadelphia and its suburbs.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert K. Reed said Cantor and his family were not harmed as a result of Leboon's alleged activities. Reed added that there was no evidence LeBoon was involved in the shot fired at Cantor's Congressional office in Richmond after last week's vote on health insurance reform...

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Read the entire article here: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/89400167.html

Norman Leboon, in a YouTube video (left), has been arrested for  threatening the lives of U.S. Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia (right) and  his family. (Photos: YouTube and AP)
Norman Leboon, in a YouTube video (left), has been arrested for threatening the lives of U.S. Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia (right) and his family. (Photos: YouTube and AP)
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