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Article: 'I Tried to Kill My Father,' Man Allegedly Told Police; Pipe Bombing Defendant Faces Detention Hearing
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- The Washington Post
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- November 21, 2002
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Prescott Sigmund, charged in the July 12 pipe bomb explosion that
critically injured his half brother, told police that "I tried to
kill my father," according to court papers filed by prosecutors
yesterday.
Prosecutors said the remarks were made Nov. 9, after Sigmund, a
fugitive, surrendered to police in Missoula, Mont. The statements
were detailed in a document filed in U.S. District Court in
Washington in which the U.S. attorney's office argued that Sigmund
should remain jailed without bond. He faces a detention hearing
today.
In the court papers, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeanne M. Hauch cited
the seriousness of the crime and the possibility that Sigmund might
flee.
"This defendant could ...