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WASHINGTON (AP) — A FEDERAL JUDGE TODAY SENTENCED A SIXTH CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY LEADER TO PRISON FOR CONSPIRING TO STEAL GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS, INFILTRATE FEDERAL AGENCIES AND KIDNAP A CHURCH OFFICIAL WHO DECIDED TO HELP EXPOSE THE CRIMES. U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE CHARLES R. RICHEY ORDERED MITCHELL HERMANN TO SERVE A FOUR-YEAR PRISON TERM AND PAY A $10,000 FINE. THREE OTHER CHURCH OFFICIALS OR OPERATIVES AWAITED SENTENCING LATER IN THE DAY. HERMANN ADMITTED PLACING A BUGGING DEVICE IN AN … [Read more...] about News: Washington Capital News Service (Mitchell Herman sentencing) (February 6, 1980)