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Date: 10-31-2020
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Case Number: 1:19-cr-00075-LEW
Judge: Lance E. Walker
Court: United States District Court for the District of Maine (Penobscot County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office, Bangor, Maine
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Description: Bangor, Maine mailing a threatening communication criminal defense lawyer represented Suzanne Muscara.
Suzanne Muscara, 38, was charged for mailing a threatening communication to Senator Susan Collins.
According to evidence presented at trial, Muscara mailed a letter containing a white powder to Collins’ Bangor address in October 2018. The letter also contained a handwritten note indicating that the powder was anthrax. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service intercepted the letter at a mail sorting facility in Hampden, Maine. The FBI tested the white powder and found that it did not contain toxic substances. The FBI also matched a fingerprint found on the envelope with one of Muscara’s prints. When interviewed, Muscara made clear that she sent the note because she was upset with Collins because of one of her votes.
“American politics is premised on free speech and vigorous debate,” U.S. Attorney, District of Maine, Halsey Frank said. “True threats are not protected speech. They are a crime. Anthrax is a deadly substance that has been used to kill and terrorize. There is nothing funny about it, and the jury in this case rejected the defendant’s claim that her letter was intended as a joke. My thanks to the federal, state and local investigators who worked together as a team to identify this defendant and bring her to justice.”
The FBI, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the Maine Office of State Fire Marshal, the Maine State Police and the Old Town Police Department investigated the case.
MAILING THREATENING COMMUNICATION; 18:876(c)
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Outcome: Defendant was found guilty by a jury. Defendant was sentenced to 30 months imprisonment ; 3 years supervised release, and $100.00 special assessment.
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