Spreadbury v. Bitterroot Public Library et al

Filing 57

RESPONSE to Motion re 51 MOTION for Partial Summary Judgment DEF LEE ENTERPRISES INC'S BRIEF IN OPPOSITION TO PL'S MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT AGAINST LEE ENTERPRISES filed by Lee Enterprises Incorporated. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit FOUNDATIONAL AFFIDAVIT OF JEFFREY B. SMITH, # 2 Exhibit A - Affidavit of Stacey Mueller, # 3 Exhibit B, # 4 Exhibit C, # 5 Exhibit D, # 6 Exhibit E, # 7 Exhibit F, # 8 Exhibit G, # 9 Exhibit H, # 10 Exhibit I, # 11 Exhibit J, # 12 Exhibit K, # 13 Exhibit L, # 14 Exhibit M, # 15 Exhibit N, # 16 Exhibit O) (Smith, Jeffrey)

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Spreadbury pleads guilty to felony intimidation of Hamilton librarian

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RavalliRepublic.com

Spreadbury pleads guilty to felony intimidation of Hamilton

librarian
By SEPP JANNOTTA - Ravalli Republic I Posted: Sundry, October 17, 2010 8:30 pm
Michael Spreadbury, the former Hamilton mayoral candidate, pleaded guilty Friday to one count offelony intimidation
stemming from charges Iinked to his harassment last November ofa Bittenoot Public Library employee.
According to a plea agreement €ntered in the Missoula counroom of District Court Judge Douglas G. Harkin, Spreadbury
was handed a defened sentence ofone year, during which he must refrain from contact "by any means, including through a
third party" with Nansu Roddy, a public services librarian in Hamilton.
The agreement requires the "removal ofany images of, photos of, or content refening to Nansu Roddy from any weDsrre
controlled by or aantribut€d to by the defcndant,"
Spreadbury has a pair ofwebsites he has regularly used to rail against Roddy, myriad govemment omcials and the Ravalli
Republic, all ofwhom he claims have been persecuting him and violating his constitutional rights.
Provided he obeys the agreement's provisions, the deal allows Spreadbury to avoidjail time or punitive fines. A conviction on
felony intimidation would have carried the possibility of l0 years behind bars and a fine of up to $50,000.
Spreadbury was originally charged with misdemeanor trespassing in June 2009, for returning to the library affer he had been
barred from using the facility affer a dispure in which he insisted the library keep as reference material letters he'd written
accusing Ravalli County o{Iicials of conuption.

With his unsuccessful mayoral bid in its final days, Spreadbury approached Roddy in a parking lot and told her she had better
make the trespassing charge go away. That exchange, during which Roddy felt threatened, she later testified, prompted the
felony intimidation charge.
Friday's guilty plea follows the dismissal ofSpreadbury's lawsuit against Roddy in civil court. He had b€en seeking $535,000
fiom Roddy for emotional distress caused by what he claimed was her giving "false information" to a police officer andjudge
during a protection hearing.
Spreadbury filed the suit last April with two others seeking total judgmens of $1.2 million against Roddy, Hamilton City
Attomey Ken Bell, Ravalli County Attomey George Com and Deputy County Attorney Angela Wetzst€on.
Larson dismissed the other two lawsuits last month,
Under the agreement reached Friday, Spreadbury will be on probation with the Montana Department ofCorrections,
requiring the usual check-ins, loss ofprivacy and restrictions on his movements.
He

will

also be forbidden from owning or possessing firearms ofany kind,

A former employee ofthe Federal Emergency Management Agency - Spreadbury olaims he still maintains a federal security
clearance - the Hamilton resident "must seek and maintain employment or a program approved by" probation officers.
a timeline requiring Spreadbury's websites - BitterrootRisins.com and
MichaelSpreadbury.com - be clear ofmaterial pertaining to Roddy by Nov, 20.

During Friday's hearing, Harkin added

Reporter Sepp Jannotta can be reached at 363-3300 or sjannotta(rravallireoublic,com.

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