Former LA deputy mayor sentenced to year of probation for bomb threat hoax

Brian K Williams, who worked for Karen Bass, admitted he falsely told police he received call about bomb in city hallA former member of Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass’s senior staff was sentenced on Monday to a year of probation for calling in a fake bomb threat to city hall while attending a virtual meeting in 2024.During his sentencing hearing in US district court, Brian K Williams admitted that he falsely told police in October 2024 that he had received a call on his city-issued cellphone from an unknown man who said he had placed a bomb in city hall, the Los Angeles Times reported. Williams was a longtime law enforcement oversight official who served as Bass’s deputy mayor of public safety. Continue reading...

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