Cleveland.com reports:
Federal agents on Friday arrested a Mogadore man and accused him of sending more than three dozen feces-laden letters to Republican politicians in Ohio, including U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, and those in other states.
Richard John Steinle, a 77-year-old former Portage County Common Pleas Court mediator, is charged in federal court in Akron with injurious articles as nonmailable, a law that makes it illegal to mail certain things, including hazardous material. The charge is a misdemeanor and carries a maximum of one year in prison and a $100,000 fine.
The letters grabbed headlines in Ohio and across the country in early July, when all 25 Republican members of the Ohio Senate received letters. The letters included the words: “pig” and “racist,” court records say.
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Federal agents arrested a Mogadore man and accused him of sending more than three dozen feces-laden letters to Republican politicians in Ohio, including U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, and those in other states. https://t.co/m4c01d3hnZ
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