The Sidelines : Man Who Threatened Witt Jailed

DENVER — A man was jailed on $200 bail after throwing packets of sexually threatening letters at Olympic figure skater Katarina Witt during a performance, police said.

Harry Veltman III, 46, of Riverside, Calif., was arrested Friday at McNichols Sports Arena. He was charged with harassment.

Detective John Wyckoff said Veltman told Witt in the typed letters “what he wanted to do to her.” Some letters contained sexual threats, Wyckoff said.

Witt, 25, who is on a 26-city tour, finished the performance without incident after the bundles were thrown on the ice. The spotlight operator illuminated the packets so she wouldn’t trip over them.