Monday, January 08, 2007
Inmate Gets Five Years For Threats Against Former Governor
A prison inmate who mailed a threatening letter to former Gov. Paul Patton was sentenced today to five more years in prison. 34 year old Aaron L. Rivers is currently serving 35 years for a laundry list of convictions, which include being a persistent felon, robbery, assault and burglary. The sentences will run consecutively. While imprisoned in November 2003 at Wallens Ridge State Prison in Big Stone Gap, Va., Rivers mailed Patton a letter with a handwritten note that said “ANTHRAX Die American Official.” He also has pending murder charges in connection with the 1997 slaying of 20 year old Steven Lee Fox of Louisville. Rivers told a reporter for the Lexington Herald-Leader recently that he will plead guilty in the murder case.
# posted by Justin Mullins @ 4:11 PM 
