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  [KY] Democrats' candidate for ag chief is charged with menacing city clerk
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News DateWednesday, June 13, 2007 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0
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GLASGOW -- The Democratic nominee for state agriculture commissioner was arrested last week and charged with menacing after an incident with his niece.

David Lynn Williams, 68, was arrested Friday after threatening his niece, Glasgow City Clerk Sheila Oliver, after Oliver told him documents Williams requested through the Kentucky Open Records Law were not available.

Williams had turned in a written open-records request to Glasgow City Attorney Rich Alexander on Thursday, looking to find out how much Alexander bills the city each month.Oliver told Williams the city was not in possession of the contracts that Williams wanted. At that point, Oliver said, Williams accused her of lying and became agitated.

"He got angry and kept getting aggressive," Oliver said. "Then he waived his arm around and said if I were a man he'd knock me through that damn door there."

Williams, who will face Republican nominee Richie Farmer in the fall election, said he didn't do anything to threaten anyone, but he admitted he did tell Oliver he would hit her if she was a man.

Williams spent an hour in jail before being released on a $500 unsecured bond, under the conditions he not have any contact with Oliver or her family and that he avoid the city administration building.
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