Man Pleads No Contest to Stalking Local Judge

A Bartlesville [OK] man has pleaded no contest to charges stemming from harassing a local judge.

Joseph Murray Looney, 69, pleaded no contest to charges of stalking before Special Judge John D. Gerkin Monday. The charge came after a series of incidents involving Associate District Judge Curtis DeLapp. Following to the plea, Gerkin found Looney guilty and sentenced him to a one year sentence with all but 60 days suspended.

According to the probable cause affidavit filed in the case, Looney called DeLapp at home on June 14 and stated, “God is going to fry you in hell for your criminal illegal decisions, you (expletive) pig.”

He also was alleged to have called the Washington County Courthouse stating that DeLapp was a “Nazi judge” and that he is going to “fry in hell.”

The next day, on June 15, Looney was seen by at least one witness standing across the street from the courthouse in front of the First United Methodist Church yelling, “Lie in hell you satanic pig DeLapp.”

I love it that this guy's name is "Looney." Details here from the Bartlesville, Okla. Examiner-Enterprise.