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April 03, 2012

Fairfield Landlord Sentenced to 35 Years For Planting Pipe Bomb Under SUV

A Fairfield landlord was sentenced today to a mandatory-minimum 35 years in prison for putting a pipe bomb under the SUV of a former tenant.  SF Chronicle, 4/3/12.  A jury found him guilty in January.  I heard Judge Karlton rejected the prosecutors' request for a 48-year sentence. 

Posted by at 06:42 PM in Explosives/Bombs Cases, Judge Karlton, Lawrence K. (retired), Sentencings |

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