From the Kansas City Star:
A federal judge on Monday sentenced an Overland Park man to a year and a day in prison for sending the IRS white powder he claimed was anthrax.
John P. Barker, 47, was caught after investigators traced his letter to an automated postal center where he paid postage with his credit card.
He pleaded guilty in June to mailing the powder to the IRS in Texas with a misspelled warning: “YOU HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO ANTRAX DIE!
See also U.S. Attorney for Kansas press release.
