Calif. Man Arrested For Threatening Sen. Boxer

A San Rafael man is set to be arraigned on charges that he made death threats against Sen. Barbara Boxer.

Marin County prosecutors say 47-year-old Kevin Joseph O’Connell will appear in court on Tuesday, a day after he was charged.

O’Connell allegedly threatened Boxer , of Rancho Mirage, in a voicemail he left at her San Francisco office last week. He was arrested on Saturday.

Investigators tell the Marin Independent Journal O’Connell claimed in the message he was being harassed by authorities and was in a dispute with his neighbors.

San Rafael police Det. Scott Eberle says the death threat was not related to Boxer’s political positions.

O’Connell’s attorney, Deputy Public Defender Bonnie Marmor, says her client suffers from a condition although she did not specify what that condition was. She says he had no intention of acting on the threat.