Mo. Man Gets 14-Year Sentence for Profanity-Laced Taunts on Judge’s Answering Machine
A Missouri man’s holiday greetings, left on a judge’s answering machine, have resulted in a 14-year prison sentence.
Allen Hause of Hartsburg was sentenced Tuesday after a jury convicted him on two counts of tampering with a judicial officer, the Columbia Daily Tribune reports. The five phone calls, made on Christmas 2009 and New Year’s Day 2010, referred to a $10,000 bond Hause forfeited after failing to appear on a weapons charge. His mother had made the payment.
The Daily Tribune posted all of the messages. Many were laced with profanity, and in three of them, Hause identified himself. The public defender did not deny Hause made the calls, the story says.
Here is a partial transcript of one message: “Season’s greetings from Allen W. Hause. Thought I’d give you a call and wish you a happy holiday. Hope you got plenty of presents from the $10,000 you stole from my momma. And if I was a violent man, I’d already had you in the park this summer. You’re a crazy man jogging by yourself out there on the Katy Trail.”
In a later message, Hause says: “Next year, if you live, it’ll be a whole lot worse than the day you die. … I’m hiding out in the park. Look for me.”
