Man Threatens To Kill Judge

Juan Rodriguez, 41, was appearing before Judge Beatrice Butchko on an attempted first-degree murder charge when he repeatedly threatened to kill her. Rodriguez suffers from a mental illness and lives in an assisted-living facility called Grand Court Lakes. Just before 6 p.m. Tuesday, Miami police said the 6-foot-tall, 225-pound man took a large Bowie hunting knife from his belt and, for no apparent reason, stabbed a nursing assistant in the back. The nursing assistant, 41-year-old Nadine Clark-Morris, was transported to Memorial Regional Hospital, where she was listed in good condition Wednesday. Management at Grand Court Lakes declined to talk about the attack, and so did Clark-Morrisapos; family. But Rodriguez had plenty to say to the judge. During Rodriguezapos;s tirade, Butchko kept her head down and did not engage him. She continued the proceedings although he continued to threaten her life. Rodriguez is being held in the Miami-Dade County Jail without bond.