The cases against two Terrell men charged with making terroristic threats during the investigation into the deaths of Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse and District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife are moving forward.
On May 23, 2013, 56-year-old Nick Morale entered a plea of no contest to Kaufman County Court at Law Judge Dennis Jones on the Class A misdemeanor charge of terroristic threat. According to authorities, Morale made the terroristic threat via a Crime Stoppers tip line on April 1 and was arrested on April 2.
Morale was sentenced to 60 days in the county jail and fined $750. According to Kaufman County records, Morale has served 52 days as of May 29 in the county jail since his arrest in April. Morale will be released after serving the remainder of the sentence.
On May 16, 2013, a Kaufman County Grand Jury indicted 52-year-old Robert Allan Miller for making a terroristic threat and obstruction or retaliation, both third-degree felonies. Authorities said that Miller used Facebook to post a threat against an assistant district attorney on a news agency's Facebook Page on or about April 4, 2013.
Miller is also awaiting trial in Kaufman County for an indictment in January 2012 on driving while intoxicated, 3rd or more, another third-degree felony.
At the time of their arrests, authorities emphasized that they did not believe the two men were connected to the killings of Mark Hasse or Mike McLelland and his wife Cynthia. Former Kaufman County Justice of the Peace Eric Williams and his wife Kim have since been arrested and charged in connection with the murders and remain in Kaufman County Jail pending trial.