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US First Lady Michelle Obama - Source: Reuters
US authorities arrested and charged a woman in Hawaii last week
for allegedly threatening to kill President Barack Obama's wife,
Michelle, days before the Obamas were due to arrive in the state
for the Christmas holiday.
Kristy Lee Roshia was arrested on December 19 in Kaneohe, Hawaii,
by the US Secret Service after determining she had made the threat
and had information about where the Obama family would be staying
during their visit, according to court documents filed this
week.
A detention hearing for Roshia was slated for Thursday in Hawaii.
She was charged with making the threat against the first lady and
assaulting a Secret Service agent after she was arrested.
The threat was originally made on November 10 during a telephone
call to the Secret Service office in Boston and she also threatened
to kill a Secret Service agent and Marines during the conversation,
the documents said.
Agents determined that Roshia was living near a Marine Corps base
in Hawaii based on correspondence she had sent to the Boston office
that arrived the previous day.
During an interview with agents on December 19, Roshia said she had
gone to Hawaii in September to "protect Obama," had been to the
location where the presidential family would be staying and was
working at the golf course at the Marine base, a Secret Service
affidavit said.
After Roshia was placed under arrest, she assaulted the Secret
Service agent and claimed she would "blow away the whole Oval
Office", the affidavit said.
Roshia began contacting the Secret Service in 2004 and from 2007
made numerous angry calls to the Boston office, sometimes five to
10 times a day, the affidavit said.
The Obama family is expected to leave for Honolulu, Hawaii on
Thursday morning after the US Senate votes on his top legislative
priority, overhauling the US healthcare system.
