Former LA Deputy Mayor of Public Safety reaches plea deal over threats to explode metropolis corridor for Israel assist | EUROtoday

A former Los Angeles Deputy Mayor of Public Safety is ready to plead responsible to threatening to bomb metropolis corridor over the town’s assist of Israel.

Brian Williams, 31, of Pasadena, California, was charged with one felony rely of constructing an explosives risk. The cost carries a most sentence of 10 years in federal jail.

Williams was accused of sending a textual content message to L.A. Mayor Karen Bass and different “high-ranking city officials” on October 3, 2024, whereas he was nonetheless in workplace, claiming he had simply obtained a name from somebody who threatened to bomb metropolis corridor, prosecutors stated in a DOJ launch.

“Bomb threat: I received phone call on my city cell at 10:48 am this morning,’” Williams wrote within the textual content, based on prosecutors.

“The male caller acknowledged that ‘he was tired of the city support of Israel, and he has decided to place a bomb in City Hall. It might be in the rotunda.”

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Williams also told them he had contacted the Los Angeles Police Department, who sent officers to search the building. Officers responded, but did not find any bombs, suspicious packages or devices, prosecutors said.

Investigators later discovered that Williams never even received a call, but that he had actually made the bomb threat himself. At no time did Williams intend to carry out the threat, prosecutors added.

According to the DOJ, Williams was in an online meeting with multiple people when he used the Google Voice application on his personal cell phone to place a call to his city-issued cell phone.

Williams sent more texts to the mayor and other officials that read: “At this time, there is no need for us to evacuate the building, I’m assembly with the risk administration officers inside the subsequent 10 minutes. In mild of the Jewish holidays, we’re taking this thread, just a little extra critically. I’ll maintain you posted.”

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In December 2024, following allegations that he had made the risk, the FBI searched Williams’ dwelling in connection to the incident, and he was positioned on administrative go away.

“In an era of heated political rhetoric that has sometimes escalated into violence, we cannot allow public officials to make bomb threats,” United States Attorney Bill Essayli stated within the launch

“My office will continue its efforts to keep the public safe, including from those who violate their duty to uphold the law.”

The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force is continuous to research the incident.