Man gets 20 years on plans to kill, kidnap A Cincinnati man was sentenced in Lexington yesterday to 20 years in prison for soliciting the killing of a federal judge and prosecutor and threatening to have an FBI agent's two children kidnapped, the U.S. attorney said.Anthony "Tony" Erpenbeck Sr. -- already serving a prison sentence in another case -- was found guilty of the federal charges in December....Bill Erpenbeck was convicted in April 2004 of bank fraud and witness tampering and is serving a 30-year sentence. See Related articles: Erpenbeck Archive & Special Investigative News Reports on Homebuilding
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A Cincinnati man was sentenced in Lexington yesterday to 20 years in prison for soliciting the killing of a federal judge and prosecutor and threatening to have an FBI agent's two children kidnapped, the U.S. attorney said. Anthony "Tony" Erpenbeck Sr. -- already serving a prison sentence in another case -- was found guilty of the federal charges in December. During the trial, jurors heard a secretly recorded conversation in which Erpenbeck told fellow inmate John Collins to kidnap the children and bury them alive in a casket, leaving them a pipe to let in air. Erpenbeck testified that the conversation was "hogwash," idle talk between two prisoners and that he was goaded into the conversation. But Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert M. Duncan Jr. said it was a detailed plot for revenge against three officials involved in the prosecution of Erpenbeck and his son, Bill, in a bank fraud case. U.S. District Judge S. Arthur Spiegel and former Assistant U.S. Attorney Kathleen Brinkman were involved in prosecuting the Erpenbecks in a bank fraud case. The elder Erpenbeck also wanted to abduct special agent Timothy Tracy's children, Duncan said. Erpenbeck received a 70-month prison term for trying to sway the testimony of his daughter in the bank fraud case. Bill Erpenbeck was convicted in April 2004 of bank fraud and witness tampering and is serving a 30-year sentence. http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/state/14128982.htm
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