Nov. 13 , 2006

KANSAS MAN CHARGED
WITH SENDING EXPLOSIVE DEVICE
THROUGH THE U.S. MAIL

TOPEKA, KAN. – A Kansas man appeared in federal court here Monday on charges of sending an explosive device through the mail.

Thomas Guy Caraway, 48, Delia, Kan., was charged Nov. 8, 2006, in a sealed indictment with one count of conspiracy to send an explosive device through the U.S. mail, one count of sending an explosive device through the mail, and one count of possessing a firearm in furtherance of the crime of sending a homemade improvised explosive device through the mail. The crimes are alleged to have occurred during Jan. 28 through Jan. 30, 2004, in Pottawatomie and Washington counties in Kansas.

According to the indictment, Caraway sent the explosive device with the intent to kill or injure another person.

Caraway appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge K. Gary Sebelius in Topeka.

If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000 on each of the explosives charges and a maximum penalty of 30 years and a fine up to $250,000 on the firearms charge.

The indictment is the result of an investigation by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department, the Washington County Sheriff’s Department, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and the Marysville, Kan., Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney James Brown is prosecuting.
As in any criminal case, a person is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty. The indictments filed merely contain allegations of criminal conduct.

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