Police: Suspect sent nasty letters to judges

IN LAS VEGAS. HIS NAME IS JERRY RICE,,,, AND HE'S WANTED BY THE BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEP...  More »

IN LAS VEGAS. HIS NAME IS JERRY RICE,,,, AND HE'S WANTED BY THE BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. NO, IT'S NOT THE FORMER STAR FOOTBALL PLAYER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT... INSTEAD, A MAN INVESTIGATORS SAY HAS SPENT YEARS HARASSING TWO FEMALE JUDGES WITH VILE, PROFANITY-LACED LETTERS. SHELTON DODSON HAS THE STORY: INVESTIGATORS SAY JERRY RICE SENT A SERIES OF SEXUALLY EXPLICIT AND DEMEANING LETTERS TO TWO JUDGES STARTING IN THE YEAR 2000. BOTH JUDGES ARE WOMEN: DISTRICT COURT JUDGE GERALDINE RIVERA AND METRO COURT JUDGE ANNA MARTINEZ. IT WAS RIVERA WHO CONTACTED INVESTIGATORS AFTER RECEIVING A SERIES OF UNSIGNED LETTERS FILLED WITH PROFANITY AND SEXUAL REFERENCES. THEN WHEN RICE, WHO LIVES IN THIS NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE HOME, FINALLY CAME UP ON THE DETECTIVES RADAR THEY STARTED BACK TRACKING HIS COURT DEALINGS. THAT'S WHEN THEY FOUND HE HAD BEEN IN JUDGE MARTINEZ'S COURT IN 2000. THEY CALLED HER AND LEARNED SHE TOO HAD BEEN SENT ANONYMOUS LETTERS ALSO WITH DEROGATORY LANGUAGE. NOW INVESTIGATORS SAY JERRY RICE IS THE MAN WHO WROTE THEM ALL. RICE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH SIX COUNTS OF HARASSMENT. THERE IS NO WORD YET WHETHER DEPUTIES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TRACK HIM DOWN. REPORTING FROM THE NEWSROOM...,  « Less