Date: 11-13-2019

Case Style:

Case Number: 1:19-cr-00075-LEW

Judge: Lance E. Walker

Court: United States District Court for the District of Maine (Penobscott County)

Plaintiff's Attorney: Andrew McCormack

Defendant's Attorney:

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Description: Bangor, ME - The United States of America charged Suzanne Muscara with threatening a United States Senator.

A Burlington, Maine woman was convicted of mailing a threatening communication to Sen. Susan Collins following a one-day jury trial.

According to evidence presented at trial, Suzanne Muscara, 37, mailed a letter containing a white powder to Collins’ Bangor address in October 2018. The letter also contained a handwritten note indicating that the powder was anthrax. The U.S. Postal Inspection Service intercepted the letter at a mail sorting facility in Hampden, Maine. The FBI tested the white powder and found that it did not contain toxic substances. The FBI also matched a fingerprint found on the envelope with one of Muscara’s prints.

Muscara faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. She will be sentenced after completion of a presentence investigation report by the U.S. Probation Office.

The investigation was conducted by the FBI, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the Maine Office of State Fire Marshal and the Maine State Police.

Charge:

MAILING THREATENING COMMUNICATION; 18:876(c)
(1)

Outcome: 11/04/2019 52 Minute Entry for proceedings held before JUDGE LANCE E. WALKER: Charge Conference held, Frye Colloquy held, Jury Trial Begun and Jury Trial completed as to SUZANNE E MUSCARA. Jury verdict of guilty. Order of Detention to Continue. Court orders the preparation of an expedited presentence report (Court Reporter: Melissa Merenberg) (jwr) Modified on 11/4/2019 to include language re: expedited PSR (jwr). (Entered: 11/04/2019)
11/04/2019 53 COURT EXHIBIT LIST from Jury Trial held on 11/4/2019 as to defendant(s) SUZANNE E MUSCARA (Exhibits listed on the Court Exhibit List are not remotely electronically available) (jwr) (Entered: 11/04/2019)
11/04/2019 54 COURT WITNESS LIST from Jury Trial held on 11/4/2019 as to defendant(s) SUZANNE E MUSCARA (jwr) (Entered: 11/04/2019)
11/04/2019 55 Oral MOTION for Acquittal by SUZANNE E MUSCARA (jwr) (Entered: 11/04/2019)
11/04/2019 56 Oral ORDER denying 55 Motion for Acquittal as to SUZANNE E MUSCARA (1) By JUDGE LANCE E. WALKER. (jwr) (Entered: 11/04/2019)
11/04/2019 57 Renewed Oral MOTION for Acquittal by SUZANNE E MUSCARA (jwr) (Entered: 11/04/2019)
11/04/2019 58 Oral ORDER denying 57 Renewed Motion for Acquittal as to SUZANNE E MUSCARA (1) By JUDGE LANCE E. WALKER. (jwr) (Entered: 11/04/2019)
11/04/2019 59 JURY VERDICT SUZANNE E MUSCARA (1) Guilty on Count 1. (jwr) (Additional attachment(s) added on 11/4/2019: # 1 Unredacted Document Available at the Clerk's Office) (jwr). (Entered: 11/04/2019)
11/04/2019 60 KEPREOS ORDER Prohibiting Post-Verdict Contact with Jurors as to SUZANNE E MUSCARA (cc: jurors) By Rodrigue, DEPUTY CLERK (jwr) (Entered: 11/04/2019)

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