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James McKee charged with terrorizing

James Robert McKee, 39, is accused of threatening a man with a knife during a dispute in Lignite on Saturday.

McKee is charged in district court in Bowbells with Class C felony terrorizing.

According to a probable cause affidavit filed with the court, the alleged victim had gone to the apartment and was trying to collect some money from McKee. McKee allegedly grabbed a fillet knife and pointed it at the other man and told him to leave or he would kill him. The other man left the apartment and McKee did not follow him.

McKee has denied the allegations and said he didn’t threaten the other man with a knife and there was no altercation, according to the affidavit.

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