ST. LOUIS (AP) — A former St. Louis city chemist faces November sentencing now that he’s admitted in court that he tried to intimidate a lawyer with emailed pictures of rifle cross hairs superimposed over pictures of the man’s son and daughter-in-law.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/RxZ7fq) reports that 36-year-old Alireza Bakhtiari pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to a charge of corruptly attempting to obstruct or impede an official proceeding.
Bakhtiari obtained the pictures from the Florida wedding photographer’s website.
The January email included three pictures of the lawyer’s house, mentioned his wife’s name and included a picture of someone he thought was the lawyer’s daughter.
Bakhtiari admitted his actions were meant to frighten or intimidate the lawyer and obstruct his ability to oppose Bakhtiari in a defamation lawsuit.
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Information from: St. Louis Post-Dispatch, http://www.stltoday.com
