Police: Father made death threat against judge through Facebook video

PIERCE CO., Wash. — Prosecutors say when John Dempsey became angry over a child custody dispute,  he went on his Facebook page and posted the line, "This is my plan for Superior Court,"along with an extremely violent music video that included mass shootings, stabbings and such graphic death scenes that he was arrested on four counts of making threats.
 
"When you post a video of a guy going on a shooting rampage and say 'this is my plan for Superior Court, no judge is going to react well to that," said Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney Mark Lindquist.
 
Family members and friends quoted in court documents seem to agree, saying Dempsey sometimes posts things on his timeline to taunt them. One family member told investigators he "believes the defendant is unstable" another described Dempsey as "a win at all costs type of individual."
 
Family members who came to court as Dempsey, 45,  pleaded not guilty to four counts of felony harassment didn't want to talk on the record, but one said the threat could turn into a Charlie Hebdo situation, referring to mass shootings at the French newspaper several weeks ago.
 
Dempsey was also arrested, but not charged, on suspicion of threatening Pierce County Superior Court Judge Brian Tollefson, who is presiding over his custody case. 
 
Lindquist said investigators consider Dempsey a threat, so his office didn't wait to jail him. "This is an ongoing investigation, but we wanted to move quick," said Lindquist.
 
Dempsey's bail was set at $75,000.

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