A Cobb County man remained in jail tonight on charges of threatening a Clayton County judge by uttering the name of a convicted courthouse shooter: Brian Nichols.
Erik Gregory Ausler Sr., 33, faces felony charges of terroristic threats and intimidation of a court officer after allegedly telling State Court Judge John Carbo he did not want to have “to pull a Brian Nichols,” according to a warrant obtained by Channel 2 Action News. That comment came Friday after the judge refused to postpone his court date for 10 months.
The Mableton man “stared (Carbo) down in a very threatening manner” when Carbo asked Ausler to be seated, according to the warrant.
Nichols made headlines in 2005 when he escaped from custody at the Fulton County courthouse and murdered the judge presiding over his rape trial and the court reporter. While on the run, he shot and killed a deputy sheriff and a federal agent.
Nichols is now serving a life without parole sentence in prison.
Ausler made his first court appearance on the terroristic threats charges today and remains in custody.
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