Ex-NIH employee gets probation in Broward anthrax threat

[DoYouEverWonder]

Dec 16, 2005

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- A former National Institutes of Health employee was sentenced Friday to house arrest and probation after admitting she made a threat involving anthrax during a dispute with the Broward County property appraiser's office.

Michelle Ledgister, 43, was also fined $1,000 and has already paid more than $2,200 in restitution for Broward County's costs in responding with hazardous materials teams and investigators after the telephone threat was received July 26.

At a hearing Friday before U.S. District Judge James I. Cohn, a contrite Ledgister apologized for what her attorney called an impulsive act of anger.

"Not a day goes by that I don't feel shame and remorse for my conduct," Ledgister told the judge. "I'm terribly sorry for what I've done."

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Seems like a pretty light sentence for someone committing an act of terrorism?

[nashville_brook]

1. light, indeed -- also odd darwin award spin