Glen March (IJ file photo, 2008)
A Larkspur man accused of threatening to kill the mayor last year took a diversion offer Thursday and agreed to complete an anger management course.
Glen March, a 46-year-old lawyer, was also ordered to perform 24 hours of community service, pay $250 in fines and lead a law-abiding life during the two-year diversion period, said Deputy District Attorney Geoff Iida.
March must stay 100 yards away from Councilman Len Rifkind, who was the mayor when March was charged. March can go to council meetings and other public events Rifkind would attend, but he must provide 24 hours notice to the city clerk.
If March succeeds on diversion, the case will go away in 2015, but if he violates the conditions, the prosecution
Len Rifkind (IJ photo)
will resume."I think it's an appropriate sentence," Rifkind said. "I don't think Mr. March should have gone to prison. I hope he takes his anger management classes seriously, and it's a good result all around."
March was arrested last summer on allegations he had talked about killing Rifkind and fire Chief Robert Sinnott. The city alleged that March was upset about work he could not do on his Madrone Avenue home.
March also allegedly said he followed Rifkind to the freeway to harm him, but he was unable to catch up to him, the city alleged.
March was charged with threats against public officials and pleaded not guilty. The charge related to Sinnott was dropped after March's lawyer, Charles Dresow, successfully argued
that Sinnott was not technically a public official as described in the relevant law.March accepted the diversion offer Thursday afternoon before Judge Andrew Sweet.
March did not want to comment on the case, Dresow said.
Contact Gary Klien via email at gklien@marinij.com
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