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Drugs Sneaked Into Ohio Prison Soaked Into the Pages of 'Hillbilly Elegy'
Austin Siebert was sentenced to over 10 years for spraying narcotics on pages of three items, including Hillbilly Elegy, sent to Grafton Correctional Institution.
- On Nov. 18, U.S. District Judge Donald C. Nugent sentenced Austin Siebert, 30, from Maumee, to more than a decade in prison for his role in the drug trafficking scheme.
- Siebert sprayed narcotics onto pages and shipped the items disguised as Amazon orders to Grafton Correctional Institution, including JD Vance's Hillbilly Elegy, a 2019 GRE Handbook and a separate paper.
- Investigators recorded Siebert discussing the shipment with an inmate at Grafton Correctional Institution, showing he first denied knowledge then acknowledged the book's role, court records show.
- The exchange highlighted the irony of using a memoir about addiction, as Hillbilly Elegy, JD Vance's memoir, explores the devastating impact of drug addiction on Vance’s family and Appalachian culture, drawing public attention since 2016.
- Hillbilly Elegy, a bestselling memoir, figures centrally in the story, having sold more than 3 million copies before JD Vance joined the Republican ticket and inspired the 2020 Ron Howard film adaptation.
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Drugs sneaked into Ohio prison soaked into the pages of 'Hillbilly Elegy'
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Vice President JD Vance's memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy,” has a storied history as a New York Times bestseller, as the then-31-year-old's introduction to the nation as a “Trump whisperer,” as a divisive subject among Appalachian scholars, and,…
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Drugs sneaked into Ohio prison soaked into the pages of 'Hillbilly Elegy'
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Vice President JD Vance’s memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy,” has a storied history as a New York Times bestseller, as the then-31-year-old’s introduction to the nation as a “Trump whisperer,” as a divisive subject among Appalachian scholars, and,…
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