BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho woman who mailed a loaded handgun that discharged within the package while being handled by a U.S. Postal Service employee has been sentenced to a year of probation.
Forty-seven-year-old Tami Dee Bachart of McCall also on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Boise was ordered to serve 200 hours of community service, pay $3,400 in restitution and a $1,000 fine.
Bachart pleaded guilty May 12 to mailing injurious articles and causing a firearm to be present in a federal facility.
U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson says Bachart mailed a Ruger Blackhawk .