In may two thousand 11, stephen bumel was indicted by a federal grand jury on five counts of tampering with a consumer product resulting in death or serious bodily injury. A year later, one week before the trial was scheduled to begin, stephen pumel plead guilty to all counts. And that meant that there was no agreement as to what sentence he would receive. That would be entirely up to judge howard, who sentenced him. He was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison.