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Date: 05-24-2021
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Case Number: 1:21-cr-00052-JAW
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Court: United States District Court for the District of Maine (Penobscot County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States District Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Bangor, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Jonathan Charles Michaud, 43. who was charged with destroying letter boxes.
Investigators found that a fire had been set in the mailbox at a residence there. In addition, handwritten messages had been written on bills addressed to different residences. One of these handwritten messages contained the telephone number of Michaud’s mother, with whom Michaud resided. Investigators learned that several other mailboxes in the neighborhood had also been vandalized. In addition, a handwritten note was found in one mailbox stating, “Jonathan Charles is dead at my home, will find me dead in my room, bye mom and dad.” A state search warrant was obtained for Michaud’s residence, and investigators found evidence linking him to the vandalized mailboxes, including fingerprint and handwriting matches.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; the Maine Office of State Fire Marshal; and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service investigated the case.
Destruction of letter boxes in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1705, which provides:
Whoever willfully or maliciously injures, tears down or destroys any letter box or other receptacle intended or used for the receipt or delivery of mail on any mail route, or breaks open the same or willfully or maliciously injures, defaces or destroys any mail deposited therein, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
Outcome: Michaud pleaded guilty and faces up to three years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. He also faces up to a year of supervised release. He will be sentenced after the completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation Office.
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