Missouri convict sentenced for threatening U.S. Judge of Lincoln, NE
March 23rd, 2010 - 3:19 pm ICT by BNO NewsOMAHA, NEBRASKA (BNO NEWS) – A convict of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri was sentenced on Monday to 96 months (eight years) in federal prison and three years of supervised release for threatening to assault or murder a United States Judge, prosecutors informed.
Jeffrey Phillips, 37, admitted to have sent a letter addressed to Senior Judge C. Arlen Beam of the Eighth Circuit of Appeals. The letters was received and opened by a staff member of Judge Beam‘s office at the U.S. Courthouse in Lincoln, Nebraska, on July 13, 2009.
The envelope contained white powder and a letter threatening to kill Judge Beam. The letter said that the powder was anthrax, but a later analysis showed that was not true and the powder was labeled as non-toxic.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) conducted an investigation that determined that the letter was sent by Phillips, a convicted sex offender that was being held in the Missouri state prison system at the Ste. Genevieve County Detention Center.
Phillips was interviewed by FBI agents and accepted sending the letter. A subsequent search of his cell uncovered materials consistent with the mailing. Phillips said he was angry with Judge Beam for the handling of a case involving friends and associates. Phillips was never in a case decided by Judge Beam.
The FBI determined that his motivation in sending the letter was to have him moved to a federal facility instead of the Missouri state prison system.
His federal sentence will follow the completion of any incarceration ordered by the State of Missouri.
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