A Paducah man who threatened a McCracken County District Judge will serve prison time.
Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman said 36 year old David Cox pled guilty to one count of Class-D felony intimidating a participant in the legal process and a Class-B Misdemeanor charge of menacing.
The guilty plea was in exchange for a two-year prison sentence.
In August of 2025, Cox threatened a judge who he believed would preside over a misdemeanor charge he was facing.
Court documents said Cox acted in a way that put the judge in “apprehension of imminent physical injury from the defendant.”
Cox has been ordered to have no contact with the judge, to not be within 500 feet of the McCracken County Courthouse unless he is required to be there, and under no circumstance be in or near the parking lot used by judges and prosecutors.
The report said he will also receive mental health and substance abuse assessments.
Cox is set for sentencing on April 27th.
