Man Who Made Bomb Threat Sentenced
WESTMINSTER, Md. (AP) -- A Baltimore man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for calling a bomb threat to a courthouse in Carroll County.
Thirty-six-year-old James Russell III was convicted Thursday of making a false statement regarding a destructive device.
Authorities obtained Russell's cell phone records, which showed that he called the District Court building 36 times on May 12. They included a call at the same time a clerk got a call saying there were bombs at District and Circuit courts.
Russell had been scheduled to be in District Court on May 12 on theft charges.
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