Man charged in extortion case against ex-teacher and lover
SEATTLE -- He fell for his old teacher, but when she broke his heart, he said it was "time to pay the piper," according to investigators.
Jonathan Wendale Williams, 22, has been charged with second-degree extortion in a case involving his former middle school teacher, a 47-year-old woman.
Investigators said Williams was a student in the woman's math class in 2001. The two did not have contact again until October 2009, when Williams contacted her and said he was suicidal, according to the statement of probable cause. The two developed a relationship, which turned romantic, detectives said.
But in December 2009, the teacher decided she no longer wanted to be romantically involved with Williams, the statement said. The two continued a friendship, but Williams grew upset over the breakup.
According to police, Williams called her phone multiple times, and left several messages, some of which were very hostile in nature. Williams "threatened to post photos of the two of them kissing at the middle school where she teaches," the statement said, and also said he'd "rape her in order to get her pregnant, so she would have his baby."
In late January, the woman agreed to meet with Williams one last time, but the meeting did not go well, according to detectives. After the meeting, Williams sent her a series of messages in which he told her it was "time to pay the piper," and that he'd leave her alone in exchange for $1,000, the woman told investigators. When the woman turned him down, Williams lowered the offer to $500, which she also refused.
The following day Williams called his former lover and told her he'd written a letter to the superintendent of Seattle schools, claiming that the woman had molested him while he was in middle school, the woman told investigators. When the woman hung up on him, Williams called back and said, "I'm not gonna do it. I just want you to know that I'm serious," according to the statement.
After that last conversation, Williams called the woman's phone more than a hundred times, reiterating the threat, detectives said.
Williams was arrested on Jan. 28 and booked into the King County Jail on two escape warrants, one from the state Department of Corrections, and the other from the King County's Sheriff's Office.
He first denied the allegations of extortion, but later admitted to a detective that he had been "threatening to accuse her of molesting him when he was in middle school," the statement said. Williams added that he and the woman's sexual relationship did not begin until he was an adult, and that he'd made the threats in an attempt to get her to answer his calls.
Williams is being held on $75,000 bail. He has a number of past felony convictions, including a residential burglary in 2009 and two separate attempts to elude a pursuing police vehicle, in 2008 and 2001. His criminal record also includes fourth-degree assault, reckless endangerment and two separate convictions of third-degree theft.
Jonathan Wendale Williams, 22, has been charged with second-degree extortion in a case involving his former middle school teacher, a 47-year-old woman.
Investigators said Williams was a student in the woman's math class in 2001. The two did not have contact again until October 2009, when Williams contacted her and said he was suicidal, according to the statement of probable cause. The two developed a relationship, which turned romantic, detectives said.
But in December 2009, the teacher decided she no longer wanted to be romantically involved with Williams, the statement said. The two continued a friendship, but Williams grew upset over the breakup.
According to police, Williams called her phone multiple times, and left several messages, some of which were very hostile in nature. Williams "threatened to post photos of the two of them kissing at the middle school where she teaches," the statement said, and also said he'd "rape her in order to get her pregnant, so she would have his baby."
In late January, the woman agreed to meet with Williams one last time, but the meeting did not go well, according to detectives. After the meeting, Williams sent her a series of messages in which he told her it was "time to pay the piper," and that he'd leave her alone in exchange for $1,000, the woman told investigators. When the woman turned him down, Williams lowered the offer to $500, which she also refused.
The following day Williams called his former lover and told her he'd written a letter to the superintendent of Seattle schools, claiming that the woman had molested him while he was in middle school, the woman told investigators. When the woman hung up on him, Williams called back and said, "I'm not gonna do it. I just want you to know that I'm serious," according to the statement.
After that last conversation, Williams called the woman's phone more than a hundred times, reiterating the threat, detectives said.
Williams was arrested on Jan. 28 and booked into the King County Jail on two escape warrants, one from the state Department of Corrections, and the other from the King County's Sheriff's Office.
He first denied the allegations of extortion, but later admitted to a detective that he had been "threatening to accuse her of molesting him when he was in middle school," the statement said. Williams added that he and the woman's sexual relationship did not begin until he was an adult, and that he'd made the threats in an attempt to get her to answer his calls.
Williams is being held on $75,000 bail. He has a number of past felony convictions, including a residential burglary in 2009 and two separate attempts to elude a pursuing police vehicle, in 2008 and 2001. His criminal record also includes fourth-degree assault, reckless endangerment and two separate convictions of third-degree theft.