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Federal case against Steele a sham, say supporters

The reported target in an alleged murder-for-hire plot appears to be supporting the main suspect in the case – her husband, former Aryan Nations lawyer Edgar Steele. Cyndi Steele joined her husband’s supporters Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Coeur d’Alene as Edgar J. Steele, 65, pleaded not guilty to four additional felonies, one of which carries a mandatory sentence of at least 30 years in federal prison.
News >  Idaho

Steele pleads not guilty to new charges

The reported victim in an alleged murder-for-hire plot appears to be supporting the main suspect in the case – her husband, former Aryan Nations lawyer Edgar J. Steele.
News >  Spokane

Feds add 3 charges in murder plot case

A former lawyer for the Aryan Nations jailed in an alleged murder-for-hire plot is to appear in federal court in Coeur d’Alene next week on three additional charges, including allegations of attempted victim tampering. The new charges against Edgar J. Steele, 65, could put him in prison for at least 30 years.
News >  Spokane

Judge denies Edgar Steele bail

Federal murder-for-hire suspect Edgar Steele will stay in jail pending trial after a judge found he had attempted to intimidate potential witnesses in the case – his wife and son. In a detention hearing Tuesday, federal prosecutors played two tapes of phone conversations Steele had with his wife, Cyndi, and his son, Rex, while being held at Kootenai County Jail on June 13.
News >  Spokane

Informant ordered held without bond

A suspected hitman-turned-informant who federal investigators say didn’t tell them he’d already planted a bomb on the car of a murder-plot target was ordered held without bail on Monday. U.S Magistrate Candy Dale called her decision to keep Larry A. Fairfax, 49, behind bars “very difficult” but said he was a danger to the community.
News >  Idaho

Edgar Steele’s call to his wife

Recording of a call Edgar Steele placed to his wife, Cyndi Steele, while he was being held at the Kootenai County Jail on June 13, 2010. The recording was played during a detention hearing June 22. In it, Edgar Steele warns his wife that she will be contacted by government officials the following morning and will be asked to authenticate his voice on recordings that he tells her says are doctored to sound as if he’s hiring a hit man to kill her. He pleads with her to say that it’s not his voice she hears on the tapes.
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