Felon Charged With Threatening Orange County Senator

ORANGE COUNTY, CA — A 64-year-old La Habra felon pleaded not guilty Monday to threatening state Sen. Josh Newman, D-Fullerton.

Mark Edmund Halderman was accused of threatening Newman on Aug. 14, 2021. An arrest warrant was issued Sept. 14 and he was arrested Thursday. Halderman was being held on $150,000 bail, according to jail records.

Halderman was charged with single counts each of criminal threats and threatening public officials, both felonies, and a misdemeanor count of annoying repeated telephone calls.

Halderman was ordered to return to court for a pretrial hearing Oct. 4 in the North Justice Center in Fullerton.

Halderman was convicted of a felony count of criminal threats in January 2014.