{"id":26050,"date":"2019-04-06T11:07:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T16:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=26050"},"modified":"2019-04-06T11:07:00","modified_gmt":"2019-04-06T16:07:00","slug":"indiana-man-sentenced-to-29-years-in-prison-in-connection-with-explosion-at-east-chicago-post-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2019\/04\/06\/indiana-man-sentenced-to-29-years-in-prison-in-connection-with-explosion-at-east-chicago-post-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana Man Sentenced To 29 Years In Prison In Connection With Explosion at East Chicago Post Office"},"content":{"rendered":"

Munster Man Sentenced To 29 Years In Prison<\/h1>\n
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HAMMOND \u2013 4\/04\/19 – Eric P. Krieg, age 47, of Munster, Indiana, was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Joseph S. Van Bokkelen upon his guilty plea to knowingly making an unregistered destructive device, mailing a destructive device, malicious use of explosive materials, and mailing a threatening communication, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.<\/p>\n

According to documents in this case, Krieg was sued for making disparaging statements on his online blog. To settle the lawsuit, Krieg had to pay $45,000 and post an apology on his blog. Krieg retaliated by constructing a pipe bomb and placing it in the mail, addressed to the home of the attorney who represented the individual who had sued Krieg. The bomb detonated prematurely in the East Chicago Post Office injuring a female postal employee.<\/p>\n

Krieg also made threats arising from a grudge he had against another individual. He placed a bullet wrapped in tape in the mail addressed to that individual with the message, \u201cThe next one will be in the back of your head.\u201d<\/p>\n

US Attorney Kirsch said, \u201cI am pleased that Judge Van Bokkelen accepted my sentencing recommendation as set forth in the plea agreement. \u00a0For his conduct, Krieg has been severely punished.\u00a0 Krieg intended to send a message of fear and to harm those with whom he had disagreements.\u00a0 He failed to do physical harm to his enemies, but not for lack of trying.\u00a0 And, his conduct resulted in injury to a totally innocent postal worker just trying to do her job.\u00a0 This should have never happened.\u00a0 The sentence of 29 years, imposed today, sends a strong and clear message that individuals who engage in this type of conduct \u2013 sending bombs through the mail, intending to harm or kill others \u2013 will be brought to justice. I am thankful to all the law enforcement officials who participated in this case for their service and hard work, bringing this matter to a final and just resolution.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe public has a right to expect the U.S. Mail to be safe, and Mr. Krieg\u2019s actions eroded that trust when he mailed a pipe bomb that exploded and injured an East Chicago Postal employee in September of 2017,\u201d said Inspector in Charge Patricia Armstrong, of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service\u2019s Detroit Division. \u201cThe investigative collaboration with our law enforcement partners and our brave, quick-thinking Postal employees ensured Mr. Krieg faced swift justice.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis sentence sends a strong message that actions such as Mr. Krieg\u2019s, which endanger the public, will not be tolerated,\u201d said Grant Mendenhall, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI\u2019s Indianapolis Division. \u201cThe FBI and our law enforcement partners will continue to diligently identify and investigate those who put lives at risk through their violent actions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ATF takes seriously the illegal manufacturing of destructive devices coupled with serious threats of intimidation,\u201d remarked Special Agent in Charge Tim Jones of the Chicago Field Division of the ATF. \u201cWe will continue to work alongside our law enforcement partners to investigate violent threats and protect the community.\u201d<\/p>\n

This case resulted from an investigation by the United States Postal Inspection Service; Federal Bureau of Investigation; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives; United States Marshal\u2019s Service; East Chicago Police; Hammond Police; Indiana State Police; Munster Police; and Porter County Sheriff\u2019s Department. This case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Chang.<\/p>\n

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Munster Man Sentenced To 29 Years In Prison In Connection With September 2017 Explosion at East Chicago Post Office and Subsequent Mailing HAMMOND \u2013 4\/04\/19 – Eric P. Krieg, age 47, of Munster, Indiana, was sentenced before U.S. District Court Judge Joseph S. Van Bokkelen upon his guilty plea to knowingly making an unregistered destructive […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26052,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26050"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26053,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26050\/revisions\/26053"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}