OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A former Omaha TV weatherman and mayoral spokesman has been sentenced to two years of probation for emailing death threats to a local health department director over her handling of the coronavirus outbreak.
The Omaha World-Herald reports that Ronald Penzkowski was sentenced Tuesday. He had earlier this year pleaded no contest to two misdemeanor counts of third-degree assault.
Investigators have said he sent more than a dozen emails in March to Dr. Adi Pour, threatening to “lynch” her and slit her throat.
Penzkowski once worked as a spokesman for former Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle and as a weatherman for Omaha television stations under the name Ron Gerard.