Moreno Valley man arrested for threatening Murrieta Mayor and Moreno Valley councilmember

A 32-year-old Moreno Valley man faced Superior Court proceedings on February 4 after pleading guilty to threatening Murrieta City Mayor Cindy Warren, a Moreno Valley council member and Riverside County Sheriff’s deputy in emails and through WeTip, an online anonymous crime tip organization, according to news reports.The accused, 32-year-old Jesse William Wykel, was listed in court documents of making those threats in a declaration by the Riverside County Sheriff’s investigation unit and was referred to the District Attorney’s office. Threats to public officials are considered felonies. Wykel was being held at Cois M. Byrd Detention Center in French Valley in lieu of $1 million bail. At his arraignment the judge ordered Wykel be referred to a county mental health doctor for evalua
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