Man sentenced for threatening former U of O pres Eds: APNewsNow. EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- A judge has sentenced a brain-injured man to five years of probation for making anti-Semitic phone threats to burn down the home of former University of Oregon President David Frohnmayer. The Register-Guard in Eugene reports that the U.S. attorney's office and the defense lawyer for Gregory Paul Freeman agreed that Freeman should get the relatively light sentence because he has had diminished mental capacity after being struck by a train in 2005. U.S. District Judge Michael Hogan on Tuesday agreed with their recommendation. The 56-year-old Freeman was convicted in December of using a telephone to threaten arson. Frohnmayer, who is not Jewish, has said he took the threats seriously.
