Garner man convicted of mailing bomb
7:57 AM
Posted: Friday, November 07, 2008
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) -- A federal jury has convicted of Garner man of mailing a pipe bomb to his former supervisor.
John Worman was convicted in U.S. District Court in Sioux City on Thursday of four counts -- mailing a non-mailable matter, possessing a destructive device, transporting a destructive device and possessing and using a pipe bomb to commit a crime of violence.
Prosecutors say he tried to mail a pipe bomb to his former supervisor at her home in an attempt to take revenge. He hid a pipe bomb in an antique radio, knowing she collected antiques.
The bomb was discovered in Renwick, when the postmaster became suspicious of a package left anonymously in the lobby of the post office.
Worman faces a maximum sentence of life in prison and a $1 million fine. A sentencing date was not set.
John Worman was convicted in U.S. District Court in Sioux City on Thursday of four counts -- mailing a non-mailable matter, possessing a destructive device, transporting a destructive device and possessing and using a pipe bomb to commit a crime of violence.
Prosecutors say he tried to mail a pipe bomb to his former supervisor at her home in an attempt to take revenge. He hid a pipe bomb in an antique radio, knowing she collected antiques.
The bomb was discovered in Renwick, when the postmaster became suspicious of a package left anonymously in the lobby of the post office.
Worman faces a maximum sentence of life in prison and a $1 million fine. A sentencing date was not set.
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