Updated: Charges Against Canadian Reporter Dismissed After Alleged Threats in Kennewick

Editor's Note: This article has been updated to reflect that the felony charges against the reporter were dismissed in 2015, as confirmed by The Canadian Press.

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A reporter was arrested Monday by Kennewick police after she allegedly ignored warnings from police to stay away from a 19-year-old player.

The player, a former Spokane Chief, was recently traded to Tri-City.  The reporter is described by some news sources as an on-again-off-again girlfriend of the player.

Previously, she had told the player she was coming to Kennewick, and they made plans to meet on a Sunday. She then informed him she was coming to see him early because she claimed he had been dating someone else. She allegedly made death threats towards him.

Police met up with the reporter at a Kennewick motel and told her not to have any more contact with the player or they would charge her with harassment. The next day, the player called police to say she had been texting him again.

Police told him to text her back and arrange a meeting between the two, but it was the Kennewick police she ended up meeting instead. The sports reporter was then arrested and charged with felony harassment.

Her bail had been set at $50,000 after previously being held without bail. She could possibly make a plea on the charge today.