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Man pleads guilty to spilling mercury
Mount Gilead, Ohio | May 09, 2008 12:01:13 AM IST
An Ohio man has pleaded guilty to charges he spread mercury inside the Morrow County Courthouse last summer, court papers show. Tommy Hansen of Bellville pleaded guilty to criminal use of a chemical weapon, The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch reported Wednesday. The charge is a first-degree felony that carries up to 10 years in prison and a $20,000 fine. Hansen also admitted to seven counts of gross sexual imposition as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors. In exchange, six additional sex charges were dropped. At the time of the mercury spill, Hansen had been charged with molesting three girls at a campground in 2005. Prosecutor Charles Howland said Hansen likely spread the mercury to delay his case, the newspaper reported. Hansen is to be sentenced June 9. (UPI)
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