Ross Gordon Laverty, convicted of sending mail bombs to homes of law enforcement officers in Alameda and East Palo Alto, was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison Thursday.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Ross Gordon Laverty, who sent mail bombs in 2017 to homes of law enforcement officersout of revenge, was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison Thursday, authorities said.
The device, a coin epoxied to the end of a pipe, was designed to shoot like a projectile when the package was opened, according to a press statement from U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California Stephanie Hinds.
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