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As He Came Into The Window It Was The Sound Of A Crescendo......
SPARTANBURG, SC — A former USC Upstate track and field coach is accused of threatening a Spartanburg Herald-Journal reporter using lyrics from the Michael Jackson song “Smooth Criminal.”
Thirty-one-year-old Joseph Colton Hodge sent the reporter an email with a video attached of the man singing the Michael Jackson song, replacing the name “Annie” with the reporter’s name, according to an incident report from the Spartanburg Herald-Journal. The original song contains lyrics in which the singer references harming a woman named “Annie.” Hodge was charged with second-degree harassment sending the video.
It wasn’t the first time Hodge had sent the reporter threatening emails and videos, according to the report. An editor at the paper told police that the reporter had received several similar messages several times in the past. ...........(more)
Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2013/05/17/2775609/report-former-usc-upstate-coach.html#storylink=cpy
