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'Vampyre' jailed after allegedly harassing teen
ROCHESTER, Minn. - A self-described "vampyre" and former fringe political candidate faces charges for threatening a teenage girl who tried to break off their relationship by telling him she was actually a vampire hunter.
John Alfred Sharkey, 44, of Toms River, N.J., was held in the Olmsted County jail Wednesday on $125,000 bail. He was charged last summer, but didn't appear in court until last month after he was arrested on a warrant.
Sharkey's public defender, Rick Smith, has asked that the charges be dismissed for lack of probable cause.
Sharkey, who calls himself the "The Impaler," ran as the Vampyres, Witches and Pagans party candidate for Minnesota governor in 2006, when he listed Princeton, Minn., as his address.
The criminal complaint says he was running for president in 2007 when the 16-year-old girl wrote a message of support on his MySpace page. She told police they began dating online, and the threats began when she tried to break off the relationship.
She told police that "in a desperate attempt" to get him to leave her alone, she had e-mailed him that she was a member of an elite vampire hunter society and that continuing their relationship would put him in danger. Her father told police he talked to Sharkey, but Sharkey continued to call the girl and write letters to her parents.
He was charged with felony harassment and two misdemeanors: coercion with a threat to inflict bodily harm and coercion with a threat to expose a secret or disgrace.
Sharkey was supposed to appear in court here in August, but got a delay by saying he had been hurt in a pro wrestling match. He then missed a September hearing and a warrant was issued.
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Cliffs:
-44 yr old Vampyre runs for MN Governor
-Starts edating a 16 yr old
-She tries to break off relationship saying she is a member of an elite vampire hunter society
'Vampyre' jailed after allegedly harassing teen
ROCHESTER, Minn. - A self-described "vampyre" and former fringe political candidate faces charges for threatening a teenage girl who tried to break off their relationship by telling him she was actually a vampire hunter.
John Alfred Sharkey, 44, of Toms River, N.J., was held in the Olmsted County jail Wednesday on $125,000 bail. He was charged last summer, but didn't appear in court until last month after he was arrested on a warrant.
Sharkey's public defender, Rick Smith, has asked that the charges be dismissed for lack of probable cause.
Sharkey, who calls himself the "The Impaler," ran as the Vampyres, Witches and Pagans party candidate for Minnesota governor in 2006, when he listed Princeton, Minn., as his address.
The criminal complaint says he was running for president in 2007 when the 16-year-old girl wrote a message of support on his MySpace page. She told police they began dating online, and the threats began when she tried to break off the relationship.
She told police that "in a desperate attempt" to get him to leave her alone, she had e-mailed him that she was a member of an elite vampire hunter society and that continuing their relationship would put him in danger. Her father told police he talked to Sharkey, but Sharkey continued to call the girl and write letters to her parents.
He was charged with felony harassment and two misdemeanors: coercion with a threat to inflict bodily harm and coercion with a threat to expose a secret or disgrace.
Sharkey was supposed to appear in court here in August, but got a delay by saying he had been hurt in a pro wrestling match. He then missed a September hearing and a warrant was issued.
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Cliffs:
-44 yr old Vampyre runs for MN Governor
-Starts edating a 16 yr old
-She tries to break off relationship saying she is a member of an elite vampire hunter society
