SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state man who claimed he brought a bomb to the office of the Spokane County Democrats in December could face up to five years in federal prison.
45-year-old Peter Yeager of Grand Coulee was charged Tuesday with a single count of damaging by fire a building used in interstate commerce. The charge carries a prison sentence of a minimum five years, and he could get up to 20 years.
Authorities contend Yeager traveled to Spokane with gasoline, oil, toilet paper and a camping lighter, which he used to set fire to the building housing both the party offices and the local chapter of the Teamsters on Dec. 9.