Sex offender gets 36 years for threatening journalists

Darren Kawamoto, a registered sex offender who threatened six journalists in front of rolling cameras last November, has been sentenced to a minimum term of 36 years in prison. The 45-year-old man originally faced 25 years to life for each of the six people he threatened. Media crews from Sacramento, including a reporter and photographer from FOX40 News, were attempting to gather a reaction from Kawamoto following a community meeting in which residents expressed concern about a registered sex offender moving in to their area.

source: Article 'Sex Offender Gets 36 Years For Threatening Journalists' by Matthew Keys; www.fox40.com/news/headlines/ktxl-news-kawamoto0824,0,3825436.story; FOX40 News; 24 August 2009