Man threatened to shove spike through judge's heart
EUGENE, Ore. -- The Lane County man who was shot dead in Los Angeles Sunday as he wielded two samurai swords tried to take a six-inch long spike into the Lane County Courthouse in 2007, telling the security guard who stopped him, "Are you sure I can't just shove this through the judge's heart?"
The incident came at the end of a week in June 2007 where Mario Majorski, 48, made threats to "take down" a judge and tossed a self-authored pamphlet with a photograph of a gun on the cover at court employees, prompting courthouse staff to contact the sheriff's office.
The railroad spike is one of many run-ins with the law Majorski had leading up to Sunday, when he was shot once by a security guard as he tried to use the swords to attack guests Sunday at the Scientology Celebrity Centre in Hollywood.
Scientology officials confirmed Majorski was a former follower of the religion who had made at least a dozen previous threats.
Majorski called Eugene police in May 2007 claiming people in blue suits from the Church of Scientology were in his house, then failed to answer the phone when officers responded. Police found him face down and uncooperative, then took him to a local hospital, according to police records. Police were called when Majorski was later discharged and refused to leave the hospital.
The next month, Majorski caught the attention of courthouse staff after he made threatening remarks about a judge to a court employee and was possibly spotted digging in one of the planters outside the courthouse.
The situation culminated in a security guard finding a half pound, six-inch spike in Majorski's backpack as he attempted to pass through courthouse security. When confronted with the spike, Majorski told the guard, "Are you sure I can't just shove this through the judge's heart?"
Majorski later told the investigator who interviewed him that he had said something about sticking the spike through a judge's heart but said he was joking and that he meant "judges" in general, not a specific judge.
He was charged with stalking and unlawful use of a weapon. The latter charge was later dismissed.
In recent weeks, Majorski threatened a tow-truck driver and disrupted a Mormon church service in Florence, Ore. He was jailed Nov. 8 but released due to the county's ongoing shortage of jail beds for low-level offenders.
KVAL News reporter Elissa Harrington and producer John Tierney and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
