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No wonder the spam keeps coming...

By Douglas A. Berman

given that this local news item reports "'Spam King' escapes from federal prison in Florence."  Here are more details:The man known as "The Spam King" walked away from a minimum-security federal prison Sunday in Florence and was last seen in Lakewood.   Edward "Eddie" Davidson, 35, was sentenced in April to serve 21 months in prison for his role in sending hundreds of thousands of unsolicited fraudulent e-mails touting certain penny stocks as excellent investments.... He'd been in the Florence facility for about a month and a half when he escaped.  According to Lakewood police Tuesday, Davidson apparently escaped when his wife came to visit him Sunday in Florence.  "He jumped in the car with his wife," said Will Cochenour of the Lakewood police Tuesday...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on July 23, 2008 (boomark / email).