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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; A Carbon County man who left a disturbing voicemail two years ago threatening to decapitate an attorney was arraigned and jailed Wednesday afternoon.</p><p>Bail for John Large, of Lansford, was set at $25,000 by District Judge James J. Haggerty. Large was unable to post bail and was sent to the Luzerne County Correctional Facility.</p><p>Large, 53, allegedly left the voicemail at attorney Leonard Junker&#8217;s office in Kingston.</p><p>Large was a client of Junker&#8217;s 15 years ago.</p><p>According to a criminal complaint:</p><p>Junker contacted Kingston police after he received the voicemail June 14, 2016. Large identified himself by name in the message.</p><p>Police listened to the message that included threats to Junker&#8217;s life if he did not send $2,500 that Large claimed Junker owed him.</p><p>The message began saying, &#8220;Leonard Junker, this is John Large calling.&#8221; It was Father&#8217;s Day weekend and Junker needed to send the $2,500 to his mother&#8217;s home in Lansford.</p><p>Large then said, &#8220;If you don&#8217;t pay, I&#8217;m going to burn your house down and kill you.&#8221;</p><p>The voicemail progressively got more violent as Large stated he would cut off Junker&#8217;s head, then rip Junker&#8217;s heart out and shove it down his throat.</p><p>&#8220;The police, the DA and any judge in the state can&#8217;t protect you, Junker,&#8221; the message continued.</p><p>Large was charged with terroristic threats. criminal attempts to commit theft by extortion, criminal use of a communication facility and harassment.</p><p>Charges were filed against him April 9.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Dan Stokes</p><p>ttlnews@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div>

Man accused of threatening message to lawyer is arraigned, jailed