4th of 5 defendants faces sentencing in failed Ohio bomb plot; trio got terms of 8 to 11 years
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A fourth defendant faces sentencing in a failed bridge bombing plot in northeast Ohio, a day after three co-defendants received prison terms of eight to 11 years.
An attorney for Anthony Hayne, 35, asked for a delay to study Tuesday's sentences, but U.S. District Judge David Dowd in Akron said no.
Hayne, of Cleveland, pleaded guilty in a plea deal seeking leniency. He was scheduled to be sentenced on Wednesday. The three co-defendants pleaded guilty later but without plea deals.
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The three sentenced Tuesday, including the alleged ring leader, plan to appeal their sentences. Their attorneys had argued for sentences in the five-year range.
A fifth co-defendant is undergoing a psychiatric exam at a federal prison outside Boston.
The FBI said no one was ever in any danger. The device was a dud provided by an FBI informant.
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The suspects are described by the government as self-proclaimed anarchists who acted out of anger against corporate America and the government. The defense attorney has called the investigation a case of entrapment, with the informant guiding the way.