KASS, J.
Under Mass.R.Crim.P. 4(b), 378 Mass. 849 (1979), a complaint may be subscribed to by "the arresting officer, the police chief, or any police officer within the jurisdiction of a crime, a prosecutor, or a private person." It is the position of the defendant that the procedures which govern the crime of threatening (G.L.c. 275, §§ 2 through 6) are distinct and require that the person who subscribes to the complaint be either the object of the threat...
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