Published: November 27, 2006 04:13 pm            

Man tries to blow up doctor after surgery bombs

PHILADELPHIA — A man who mailed a bomb to a doctor because he was angry about how his penis enlargement surgery turned out was sentenced to four years and 10 months in prison.

Blake Steidler, 25, of Reamstown, put the bomb in the mail on Feb. 11, 2005, in North Bloomfield, Ohio, addressed to the doctor in Chicago.

After returning home, Steidler called 911 and told police what he had done. The bomb was retrieved from the mail and destroyed; no one was injured.

Steidler pleaded guilty in April to use of a weapon of mass destruction and other charges.

Defense lawyer Luis A. Ortiz said at the time of the plea that his client was mentally ill.

Besides the prison term, Steidler was sentenced to five years supervised release, and a $2,000 fine.

        

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