A 62-year-old Florida prison inmate, Alvin Martin Few, was sentenced to an additional five years and 11 months in federal custody after being convicted of sending threatening letters containing suspicious white powder to judicial chambers at a federal courthouse in Miami. Federal authorities in the Middle District of Florida announced the sentence following an exhaustive investigation by the United States Marshals Service and the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force into hazardous hoax mailings directed at federal judges.
Emergency hazmat responders, postal inspectors, and federal security teams intercepted the suspicious envelopes at regional sorting facilities, confirming that while the enclosed powder was non-toxic, the written messages contained graphic threats of physical violence against the judiciary. District judges noted that targeting the judicial branch with terroristic hoaxes disrupts essential court operations and diverts vital emergency response resources. Few’s 71-month sentence will run consecutively to the state prison term he was already serving for unrelated felony offenses.
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https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/pr/florida-inmate-sentenced-almost-six-additional-years-prison-mailing-threatening