A woman who mailed bombs to former President Barack Obama and other officials has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison.
Julia Ann Poff, 48, pleaded guilty to the transportation of explosives with the intent to kill, injure and intimidate a person in July after a cat hair found under the address label on a box she mailed to the White House was traced back to her. U.S. District Judge Vanessa Gilmore sentenced her to a 10-year prison term followed by three years of supervised release, theThe sentence was handed down moments after Poff denied having anything to do with the mailed explosives."My problem is that I have a huge heart and I'm too trusting of people," she said during her sentencing, thePoff said she and her husband, who is a co-defendant in the case, have helped many people over the years."We had nothing to do with this.
According to the U.S. Attorneys Office, Poff earlier admitted to mailing a package containing a homemade that was addressed to the former president in October 2016.ChroniclePoff sent Abbott the package because she was upset her ex-husband didn't send her child support, the
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