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• Mar 26, 2008 6:49 pm US/Central
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St. Paul Man Sentenced For Threatening Coach

A man who was found guilty of threatening his son's Little League coach last summer had his sentence stayed Wednesday and will be on probation for five years.

In January, a jury found Wade Campbell guilty of making terroristic threats.  Prosecutors said Campbell told coach Noe Ambriz that he was going to "shoot him down like a dog."

As part of his sentence, Campbell will have to attend anger management classes, will have to follow the recommendations of a psych evaluation, have no contact with the Ambriz family and will be on probation for five years.  If gets into any trouble, Campbell's stayed sentence will be revoked and he will have to serve one year and one day in prison.  He already has a credit of 65 days.

Police said in June 2007, Campbell's son struck out during a baseball game on St. Paul's East Side.  Campbell chastised his 12-year-old and was asked to leave.  Campbell then confronted Ambriz yelling that he wasn't giving Campbell's son enough playing time.   Campbell also made racial comments to Ambriz, who is of Mexican descent, but was born in the U.S.  

Ambriz called police two days later saying Campbell had threatened him.  Ambriz said Campbell drove up behind the Ambriz family's residence and stopped. The coach and his wife said that after a short stay, Campbell drove away.    

Ambriz said about 20 minutes later Campbell called and said he would shoot Ambriz "down like a dog."  The caller allegedly then said, "I'll be over in five minutes."  Police arrested Campbell, a carpenter who has three other children.

According to court records, Campbell was sentenced to 20 days in the workhouse in 1991 after violating an order for protection that had been granted to a former girlfriend. He also pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in 2003.

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