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September 6, 2006

Station Trial: Derderian threatened leaving court

WARWICK -- Michael Derderian was threatened by a man this morning as he left the Kent County Court House.

"I’ll get him later, I’ll get him," the man -- the father of one of the many people badly burned in the 2003 nightclub fire, according to a sheriff on the scene -- said as Derderian entered the parking garage elevator.

Derderian has been accompanied by a sheriff and capitol police officer since the jury-selection process began yesterday.

The man attended a brief hearing inside the court house and followed Derderian and his wife as they left the building at about 11 a.m.

The man, who would not give his name, first confronted Derderian outside the court house, yelling various obscenities at him while Derderian, his wife, and two officers walked to the adjacent parking garage.

The officers kept the man from touching Derderian, but did not physically restrain the man, or move to arrest him.

Derderian is set to return to the courthouse this afternoon as jury selection continues.

-- With reports from Journal staff writer Paul Edward Parker

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