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Miami man accused of threatening to kill Florida Keys judge, defense attorney, prosecutor

Jerome Sanders, 44, sent threatening letter from jail cell, deputies say
WPTV News Channel 5 West Palm Latest Headlines | November 9, 3pm
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KEY WEST, Fla. — A Miami man is accused of threatening to kill a Florida Keys judge, his defense attorney and a state prosecutor.

Jerome Sanders, 44, wrote that he was going to kill all three in a Nov. 2 letter addressed to the judge, Monroe County Sheriff's Office spokesman Adam Linhardt said Thursday.

The letter was written from the Monroe County Detention Center, where Sanders was jailed on drug-related charges.

"I will not tolerate threats made against any member of the criminal justice community," Sheriff Rick Ramsay said in a statement. "This suspect is exactly where he belongs — in jail."