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TRENTON, N.J. - Donald Ray Bilby made it easy for authorities to find him after he sent letters to the FBI and banks threatening to bomb their buildings and send anthrax-laced letters. Bilby, who was serving time at the Somerset County Jail for auto theft, signed his real name and included his inmate number.

"Just when you think you'd seen it all, a case like Mr. Bilby's comes along," U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie said Tuesday after Bilby pleaded guilty in Trenton to a federal charge of false information. "I think it's fair to say we were not dealing with a great criminal mind here."

Bilby, 30, admitted that he sent five letters, each demanding $20,000 be deposited in his inmate account. He told federal agents he needed the money for bail, prosecutors said.

The count carries up to five years in prison, but sentencing guidelines suggest a term of 18 to 24 months.

The letters were sent to the FBI office in Franklin Township, the Secret Service office in Morristown, to the Somerville Post Office, to a Commerce Bank branch in Somerville, and to a Valley National Bank branch in North Plainfield, prosecutors said.

An April 6 letter to the FBI contained a piece of paper labeled "anthrax" and a white powdery substance. It tested negative for anything dangerous, and Bilby admitted today that he knew the powder was not anthrax, prosecutors said.

Bilby, who lived in Bound Brook, is now serving his state term at Southwoods State Prison in Bridgeton.

U.S. attorney's office: http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/nj/press/

Not a real bright boy, eh? Maybe he is enjoying his stay in prison and his sentence for auto theft wasn't long enough so he figured out a surefire way to extend it. Sheesh!!

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Well, I cant blame him realy. I am very close to sending threatening letters to Geico, those car insurance people with the lizard, for over solicitation in the mail! Like 3 letters a week they are sending me now. But I will be sure to use a phony return addy at least (-:

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Well I get those Geico letters too. I cross out my address and write, "Refused. Return to sender." on the envelopes and drop them back in the mailbox. I've been doing that to all my junk mail for years.

Does that work Mike? I have also heard you can fill out some form at the post office as to what you want and dont want. I might try that. I feel guilty when all this crap comes as its a waste of paper so I am recycling all of it at least. Also, ya know it sucks if you want an inmate letter and instead its like 2 lbs of junk mail and Im also paranoid a letter will get slipped in with the junk mail and I will toss it but I guess the mail people are careful about that.

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My grandmother does this amazing thing - you know you get all those reply slips in junk mail where it had pre-paid postage on it? To show her annoyance she just folds or crosses out the add and posts it straight back to them do they have to pay the postage - she's being doing it for years - just to cost them money and let them know how she feels getting useless junk!

Love my Nan!

Thats brilliant!

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