Reuters: Oddly Enough: California suicide kit maker, 93, gets probation for tax offense

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California suicide kit maker, 93, gets probation for tax offense May 7th 2012, 18:50 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Football great Junior Seau's brain to be examined Fri, May 4 2012 Autopsy conducted on body of NFL star Junior Seau Thu, May 3 2012 Coroner says awaits permission for study of Seau's brain Thu, May 3 2012 Former NFL star Junior Seau dies in apparent suicide Wed, May 2 2012 Obama likely paid higher tax rate than Romney in 2011 Fri, Apr 13 2012 Analysis & Opinion A London divided against itself Social security is not going broke Sharlotte Hydorn, 91, is interviewed by local media outlets at her home in El Cajon, California May 26, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Marty Graham SAN DIEGO | Mon May 7, 2012 2:50pm EDT SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A 93-year-old woman who made headlines by selling suicide kits from her California home was placed on five years of supervised probation on Monday and ordered to pay a $1,000 fine for a tax-related offense stemming from her mail-order business. Sharlotte Hydorn, a great-grandmother and retired science teacher, pleaded guilty in December to a misdemeanor charge of failing to file federal income tax returns from 2007 through 2010, a period during which investigators said at least seven customers used her kits to kill themselves. Prosecutors said Hydorn sold about 1,300 of the do-it-yourself asphyxiation hoods during those years but agreed to stop making or selling the kits as part of her plea deal. She was sentenced by a federal judge in San Diego. (Reporting by Marty Graham; Writing by Steve Gorman; Editing by Cynthia Johnston) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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