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Hutchinson Man Sentenced for Reporting False Bomb Threat to FBI

U.S. Attorney’s Office November 17, 2010
  • District of Minnesota (612) 664-5600

A 26-year-old Hutchinson, Minnesota man was sentenced earlier today in federal court in Minneapolis for providing the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) with false information regarding a supposed bomb threat involving an Oklahoma sports arena. United States District Court Chief Judge Michael J. Davis sentenced Daniel Gerald Peterson to 33 months in prison on one count of offering false information and hoaxes. He was indicted on April 12, 2010, and pleaded guilty on June 28, 2010.

In his plea agreement, Peterson admitted that on September 13, 2009, he conveyed a false tip to the FBI that a third party was planning to bomb the Bank of Oklahoma Center, a sports arena in Tulsa, Oklahoma. As a result, the FBI conducted an extensive investigation, ultimately determining the threat was fabricated, and the claim made to authorities was false.

Following today’s sentencing, Ralph S. Boelter, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Minneapolis Field Office, said, “The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force is dedicated to the protection of our citizens, and it takes all threats very seriously, even when they turn out to be hoax threats. The resources dedicated to investigating this matter were no different than had the threat been genuine.”

This case was the result of an investigation by the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force and the Hutchinson Police Department. It was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew R. Winter.

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