NFL Terror Hoaxer Gets 6-Month Sentence
Former Grocery Clerk Pleaded Guilty, But Says Bomb Threats Were Not Made "Seriously"
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Jake Brahm, 22, of Wauwatosa, Wis., walks out of U.S. District Courthouse in Newark, N.J., June 5, 2008. Brahm, a former Wisconsin grocery clerk, must serve six months in federal prison for making bogus Internet postings warning of terrorist attacks against NFL stadiums, a judge ruled Thursday. (AP Photo/Mike Derer)
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Qwest Field, home of the Seattle Seahawks, was one of the stadiums threatened by an Internet posting claiming dirty bombs would strike seven NFL stadiums this weekend. (AP)
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Houston's Reliant Stadium is one of seven NFL stadiums mentioned in an Internet dirty bomb threat. (AP)
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Wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald of the Arizona Cardinals watches from the sidelines of the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. The Georgia Dome is one of seven NFL stadiums mentioned in an Internet dirty bomb threat (GETTY)
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Federal Judge Jose Linares says Jake Brahm conducted a "sick" hoax. The judge also ordered Brahm to repay $26,750 incurred in extra security costs at two of the stadiums.
The 22-year-old from Wauwatosa, Wis., says the postings were never meant to be taken seriously, but federal prosecutors argued he intended mischief.
Brahm pleaded guilty in February, admitting that he posted false information that so-called dirty bombs would be detonated at seven stadiums having games on Oct. 22, 2006.
Brahm had said the stadiums were in Miami, Atlanta, Seattle, Houston, Oakland, Cleveland and New York City. He admitted that the reference to New York City was intended to indicate Giants Stadium, in East Rutherford, N.J., where the New York Jets played the Detroit Lions that day.
The threat, dated Oct. 12, 2006, appeared on the Web site "The Friend Society," which links to various online forums and off-color cartoons. Its author, identified in the message as "javness," said trucks would deliver the bombs to the stadiums.
The posting added that the stadium explosions would be praised by Osama bin Laden as "America's Hiroshima" and spark global conflicts.
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