Georgia inmate sentenced 80 years for mailing bombs
A Georgia state prison inmate, identified as David Dwayne Cassady (who now goes by Lena Noel Summerlin), was sentenced to 80 years in federal custody after pleading guilty to making two functional explosive devices in prison and mailing them to a U.S. federal courthouse in Anchorage, Alaska, and to the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. Federal prosecutors and U.S. Postal Inspection Service officials said the devices posed a danger to recipients and those who handled the mail; the defendant admitted the mailings were 'in retaliation for prison conditions.'
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Georgia inmate gets 80 years for making bombs, mailing them to US courthouse, Justice Department
New information:
- Defendant: David Dwayne Cassady (57), now identified as Lena Noel Summerlin; incarcerated in Tattnall County, Georgia when the devices were made.
- Sentence and charges: 80 years in federal custody after pleading guilty to two counts of attempted malicious use of explosive materials.
- Targets and locations: Bombs mailed to a federal courthouse in Anchorage, Alaska, and the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.; devices were functional per plea agreement.