GRAFTON, Ohio (WOIO) - A man will spend more than a decade in prison for his role in using books, including Vice President JD Vance’s “Hillbilly Elegy,” to distribute controlled substances.

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The book was one of three items whose pages 30-year-old Austin Siebert, of Maumee, has been convicted of spraying with narcotics and then shipping to Grafton Correctional Institution.

The items, disguised as Amazon orders, also included a 2019 GRE Handbook and a separate piece of paper, according to court documents.

Troopers were called to the Grafton Prison on Dec. 3, 2024 after packages with suspected narcotics were seized, according to a criminal complaint.

The complaint said all three products

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