St. Croix Assistant District Attorney charged with making threats against 3 judges

A St. Croix County Assistant District Attorney is facing charges for allegedly threatening three judges during a phone call with a coworker, saying they “need to bleed.”

The criminal complaint alleges St. Croix Assistant District Attorney Bela Ballo made threatening remarks about judges during a phone call with a coworker.

The coworker claims Ballo specifically named three St. Croix County judges whom he appears before while working as an ADA. He described Ballo as being extremely angry and repeatedly yelling on the phone that the judges “need to bleed,” according to court documents.

The coworker claims Ballo voiced frustrations that the judges were creating a “hostile work environment” and “have it out to get him.” Ballo was allegedly angry with the judges’ dismissing cases at trial and making “adverse rulings” which he described were “making his life hell” and they were doing it “just to mess with him,” according to the complaint.

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