Kelowna reporter charged in USA coming home

Update: In August 2020, The Canadian Press confirmed a charge in relation to the below incident was dismissed against Tieja MacLaughlin in February 2015 under the terms of a plea agreement.

KELOWNA — A freelance journalist from Kelowna charged in the United States after allegedly threatening to kill her junior hockey player boyfriend is coming home.

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Tieja MacLaughlin, 25, made headlines last month after being arrested in Kennewick Washington for allegedly threatening 19-year-old Tri-City Americans player Jackson Playfair.

She drove across the border to find him after learning that Playfair had been dating another woman.

MacLaughlin was charged with felony harassment.

She has reached a deal with the prosecutor’s office to have her charges reduced to gross misdemeanor.

Part of her plea bargain includes having no contact with Playfair.