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Britton's grandfather fined for threatening officer
Published Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 10:51 AM

CHADRON, Neb. (AP) _ A Crawford grandfather has been fined $100 and placed on probation for threatening an officer who helped fatally shoot the man's grandson.
Ron Britton had pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of misdemeanor terroristic threats.
Police say the 79-year-old Britton threatened Nebraska Game and Parks conservation officer Dan Kling during the trial of former Crawford Police Chief Rick Thompson.
Thompson was acquitted of second-degree assault in the October 2007 shooting death of 16-year-old Jesse Britton. Thompson and Kling shot the teenager at a vacant bar after the boy did not lower his gun.
Dawes County District Judge Brian Silverman also ordered Britton not to have any contact with Kling.
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