Transgender woman sentenced to prison in Idaho bomb plot

From The Republic.com: PAYETTE, Idaho — An Idaho woman will serve at least three years in prison after she planted fake destructive devices at her trailer home, set fire to her truck then ran naked along a rural highway last summer to draw attention to her struggle as a transgender person. Catherine Carlson, 53, was sentenced Friday in 3rd District Court after being convicted of first-degree arson, unlawful possession of a bomb or destructive device, and using a hoax destructive device. She was also found guilty of a misdemeanor charge of indecent exposure. A Payette County jury convicted Carlson in April. The Argus Observer reported that Carlson sat quietly as Judge Susan Wiebe ordered her to serve a minimum of three years for each felony, to run concurrently, as part of a maximum 10-year sentence. She was also sentenced to serve 180 days for indecent exposure. Wiebe ordered Carlson to reimburse the county for $1,500 in emergency response costs.
Carlson will get credit for time served since her arrest in July 2010. About 50 homes were evacuated last summer after firefighters responded to a bogus report of a trailer fire and found pipes near a propane tank. The pipes contained no explosives.
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