WI Man Arrested Following Obama Threat

JACKSON, MS - A 42-year old Wisconsin man is in federal custody...after issuing several threats against President-elect Barack Obama on the internet. Steven Joseph Christopher was arrested today in Brookhaven, Mississippi by secret service agents. Federal officials say Christopher made at least three threats against the president-elect while in a chat room. His conversation on the web included threats to assassinate Mr. Obama, calling him a "sacrificial lamb". Christopher even solicited funds to buy a bus ticket to get him to Washington in time for the inauguration..and to purchase a gun. Christopher was taken into custody today without incident.