A 20-year-old Pennsylvania man has agreed to plead guilty to a federal
charge of making harassing phone calls in a case involving Sarah Palin's
lawyers.
Shawn Christy filed notice Monday in U.S. District Court that he intends
to plead guilty in an expected plea agreement with federal prosecutors.
Christy plans to plead guilty and be sentenced Dec. 1, according to the
document filed by Mary Geddes, assistant federal defender.
Federal prosecutors were not immediately reachable by phone late Monday.
Earlier, Assistant U.S. Attorney Retta-Rae Randall said the harassing
telephone calls charge carries a maximum penalty of two years in prison
and a $250,000 fine.
Christy and his father, Craig Christy, both of McAdoo, Pa., face
accusations of placing harassing interstate phone calls to the former
Alaska governor's lawyers in early August. Palin, the 2008 Republican
vice presidential nominee, had been granted state restraining orders
against them.
Both men pleaded not guilty in the case in September.
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