Former University of St. Thomas student sentenced after making fake bomb threats
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Tuesday, the United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota announced the University of St. Thomas student who confessed to calling in multiple fake bomb threats to the school has been sentenced to prison.
According to U.S. Attorney Erica MacDonald, 22-year-old Ray Ghansham Persaud has been sentenced to one year and one day in prison, as well as two years of supervised release, after calling in to the university’s main switchboard and falsely claiming instances of a bomb on campus.
At the time, Persaud was an undergraduate student. Upon pleading guilty in September 2020, Persaud admitted he failed to complete his homework and was unprepared for class.
"The bomb threats caused substantial fear and disruption to the university, including the evacuation of campus buildings and a childcare center, re-routing of traffic on nearby streets, and a full response by the university’s Public Safety personnel," MacDonald said in a statement.
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