SEATTLE AP – An entrepreneurial spirit struck Allan Parmelee last fall as he sat in a Washington state prison, where he’s serving 17 years for bombing the cars of two lawyers.

According to the state attorney general’s office, Parmelee wrote to his brother – who’s serving 11 years in Michigan for child pornography – saying they could make a killing collecting fines from government agencies around the country that take too long to respond to burdensome requests for public records.