FBI: 2 Pennsylvania men harassed Palin family, legal team

Craig Christy and his son Shawn, of McAdoo, Schuylkill County, were arrested without incident just after 11 a.m., according to an FBI statement.

Both men were to have initial appearances in federal magistrate court in Allentown later this afternoon.

It was unclear whether Palin herself received any calls from the Christys.

The announcement said indictments for the Christys were returned by a federal grand jury in Alaska on Wednesday.

The indictment alleges that between Aug. 1 and 9 of this year both men repeatedly placed phone calls with an intent to harass.

Palin, the 2008 Republican vice-presidential nominee, her father, and her friend, Kristan Cole, requested restraining orders against Shawn Christy last year, saying he threatened them, sent a receipt for a gun purchase, and said he was buying a one-way ticket to Alaska.