BOSTON – A Beverly man was sentenced to probation today for delivering a number of threatening letters into the CEO of an online dating internet site; one page included a white powder referred to as Anthrax and another included a red substance referred to as blood contaminated with all the AIDS virus.
Liam MacLeod, 47, ended up being sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Patti B. Saris to 2 yrs of probation, aided by the first couple of months become offered in a house that is halfway eight months in a sober home on house confinement. The federal government recommended five months in jail, followed closely by 2 yrs of supervised release which will consist of five months of home or community confinement.
In June 2019, MacLeod pleaded accountable to two counts of mailing threatening communications as well as 2 counts of conveying false information concerning purported biological weapons.
Between September and December 2017, MacLeod mailed nine letters containing threatening communications and/or suspicious substances towards the CEO regarding the internet dating internet site OkCupid in Dallas, Texas. On or just around Sept. 12, 2017, MacLeod mailed an envelope addressed in to the CEO that contained a suspicious white powder, along side a handwritten page that stated:
Greetings from Beverly
Thank you for visiting the world that is wonderful of
Expect a package in the couple that is next of
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