INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis man claims to be the last grandson of Jesus Christ in a certified letter that arrived at the Indiana Statehouse and threatened Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Loretta Rush, according to Indiana State Police.
In his handwritten letter, Michael James Cable, 52, wrote, “I have been preparing for 30 years to perform a life hysterectomy on all of those who have caused my family so much irreparable harm, all I think of is death. Look back on my persons entire victimless criminal history. …
“Is that how you would envision the last descendant of Jesus of Nazareth to have been treated? And yes, everyone involved with fukin (sic) me over (foreign agents) are very well aware that I am the last grandson of Jesus Christ,” Cable wrote.
A Level 5 felony charge of intimidation was filed May 15, and his file was unsealed Tuesday. His file includes a court order to determine whether Cable is competent to stand trial.
In his writings, it appears that Cable is claiming to be a sovereign citizen, according to police. A sovereign citizen is one who belongs to an extremist movement who believes the U.S. government is illegitimate, according to an internet search.
Cable’s writings in his probable cause affidavit file include a May 29 letter to the Marion County clerk in which he claims to be a registered diplomat with the United Nation’s secretariat general and a foreign national.
In a “failure to appear” noticed sent to Rush’s office and in the probable cause affidavit, Cable wrote, “Your families will be murdered, maimed, mutilated, tortured, torn-to-pieces and strung up to the rafters and any other ‘fixture’ in any given immediate area. A deserving punishment for inflicting harm on the innocent!”
Rush declined the Journal & Courier’s request for comment. But she told Indiana State Police that she has received threats in the past.
“(T)his threat was egregious enough that it stood out from all others she has encountered during her time as chief justice,” Rush told police, according to the probable cause affidavit. “(T)his letter placed her in genuine fear.”
Rush was appointed chief justice in 2012 by then-Gov. Mitch Daniels. She ascended to the court from Tippecanoe Superior 3, where she presided over juveniles’ cases.
Before 1998, she practiced law in Lafayette for 15 years.
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