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Plea Deal Being Discussed In Stupak Threat Case

A northern Michigan man charged with threatening U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak is working on a possible plea bargain.

Prosecutors and the lawyer for Russell Hesch of West Branch filed papers Friday asking a judge to give them until Sept. 20 to negotiate a deal.

The 73-year-old Hesch is charged with threatening Stupak and his family over the Democrat's vote in favor of a health-care law. He's accused of writing a letter that threatened to paint the Mackinac Bridge with Stupak's blood.

His son, David Hesch of Loveland, Colo., is accused of mailing the letter. He's also working on a deal in federal court in Bay City.
  
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