Debbie Dingell's office vandalized, John's memorabilia damaged.

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10. Courts seldom give appropriate penalties for these acts of vandalism

This recent case was adjudicated in September and he not only just got probation, the ax that he used was also returned.


Man who took ax to Sen. John Hoeven's office entrance avoids prison

FARGO — A North Dakota man will not get any prison time for using an ax to smash windows and an intercom at the entrance of a Republican U.S. senator's Fargo office last winter.

Thomas Alexander Starks, 30, of Lisbon, North Dakota, walked out of the federal courthouse Thursday, Sept. 9, in Fargo after federal Judge Peter Welte sentenced him to time served for injury or deprivation against government property. Starks pleaded guilty in April to the charge that alleged he used an ax to smash parts of the entrance to Sen. John Hoeven’s 123 Broadway N. office the morning of Dec. 21. “It wasn’t right,” Starks said before he was sentenced. “Violence has no place in politics.”

The maximum sentence was 10 years in prison, though sentencing guidelines suggested he should get between 10 to 16 months in prison since he has no criminal history. There is no mandatory minimum sentence for the charge. Starks will be under supervised probation for two years and could be subject to up to five months of home confinement at the discretion of federal probation officials, Welte said. The U.S. Attorney's Office recommended five months behind bars plus five months of home confinement for Starks. Defense attorney Tatum O'Brien recommended no prison time.


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