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Date: 08-03-2021
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Case Number: 3:19-cr-00172
Judge: Aleta A. Trauger
Court: United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (Davidson County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with mailing a threatening communication and conveying false information while threatening to use a Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD).
Jeffery Durance, age 38, of Gatlinbury, Tennessee, was indicted in July 2019 after he mailed an envelope containing a white powder to the Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Correction, Tony Parker, on September 6, 2018. The envelope was sent through the U.S. Mail to the Tennessee Tower State Office Building in Nashville and contained a threatening letter, which caused a reasonable belief that the powder contained a biological agent or toxin, which would constitute a WMD. The Powder was later determined to be an inert material.
Durance pleaded guilty to the charges in March of this year.
This case was investigated by the FBI; the Tennessee Highway Patrol; the Tennessee Department of Correction; the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department; and the Metropolitan Nashville Fire Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert S. Levine is prosecuting the case.
Indictment 7/10/19: 18:876(c) Mailing threatening communication
(1)
Indictment 7/10/19: 18:1038(a)(1)(A) False Information and Hoaxes
(2)
Outcome: Plea of guilty to counts 1 and 2 of the Indictment. Imprisonment for 36 months as to counts 1 and 2, to run concurrently, and consecutively with the Sevier County Criminal Court, Gatlinburg, Tennessee Docket no. 21494-III. Remanded to custody. Three years supervised release as to counts 1 and 2, to run concurrently, with conditions. $200 special assessment.
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