San Francisco man accused of threatening to San Mateo Sheriff Christina Corpus

"When a San Mateo county inmate allegedly shared his detailed plan to kill San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus in threats made in November and February using a metal tray or a part of a trash can to repeatedly hit her in the head until she died Corpus was filled with anxiety, concern and fear, she said. This was an object that he would have been able to have access to, Corpus said."

"I felt scared, I felt conflicted, I felt betrayed that people in my own organization didn't even advise me when I am a mother of two children, she said. Regardless of how somebody may feel about me, I'm still a mother to two children who are minors, and to put me and my children their safety at risk, was very harmful."

"James David Taylor, 37, was serving time in a San Mateo county jail for felony assault charges when he made the second threat against Corpus to a mental health clinician in February, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office. The first threat was made in a grievance form in November, in which Corpus said that Taylor called her names and described in detail how he would kill her."

San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus received two explicit death threats from inmate James David Taylor, who allegedly described a detailed plan to repeatedly hit her in the head with a metal tray or part of a trash can until she died. The first threat appeared in a November grievance; the second was spoken to a mental health clinician in February and was criminally charged. Corpus said the threats caused anxiety and fear, led her to increase home security for her and her two minor children, and that she felt betrayed after learning of the threat informally from a correctional officer. Taylor allegedly later assaulted two corrections officers.

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