Man charged for mailing threat to Middletown Pa. resident allegedly sent 8 letters to various agencies and newspapers BY DAN NEWMAN Staff Writer MIDDLETOWN - A Pennsylvania man has been charged with mailing numerous threatening letters last year, one of which was addressed to the Middletown Violations Bureau, prompting police presence in all elementary schools. James T. Weed, 55, of Croydon, Pa., was charged with two counts of mailing threatening communications and surrendered to authorities on Jan. 19 at a Philadelphia FBI office. An initial investigation concluded that Weed, a contract employee for a piano company in Levittown, in Bucks County, Pa., sent the eight letters to different schools, school districts and newspapers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey between Nov. 1 and 6 of last year. The letters were all postmarked in Trenton on either Oct. 30 or 31. During a search of Weed's home and car, envelopes were discovered that were of the same size and make of those containing the threatening letters, according to an eight-page federal affidavit by FBI Special Agent Stephen M. Rich Jr. Because of references to schools in the letter received by the Middletown Violations Bureau on Oct. 31, local police were assigned to each of the district's 12 elementary schools for about a week after the letter was received. Weed's letter to the township stated that he was dissatisfied with receiving a summons for a maintenance of lights traffic violation, and listed the badge number of the officer who pulled him over, according to the affidavit. The affidavit also said that Weed's job required him to travel to New Jersey and throughout Bucks County. Each of the letters contained references to the "Amish Schoolhouse," speaking of the execution-style shooting of 10 schoolchildren, five of whom died, in Nickel Mines, Pa., on Oct. 2, 2006. One letter stated, "we can't kill cops, so kids are good enough." Weed also sent letters to the Pennsbury School District in Bucks County; East Windsor Township Violations Bureau; Oxford Valley Elementary School in Fairless Hills, Pa.; the Milford School in Milford, Pa.; the Windsor-Hights Herald in Allentown; the Trenton Times; and The Free Press in Quakertown, Pa. Weed was arrested and later released on a $10,000 unsecured bond.