A 30-year-old Michigan man who pleaded guilty to making bomb threats at San Benito High School was sentenced to 14 months in prison, according to a statement from Hollister police.
Jason Keith Smith earlier this year pleaded guilty to the threats made in 2012.
According to a full statement from police:
On May 22, 2015, Jason Keith Smith (30) from Lincoln Park Michigan was sentenced to 14 months in prison for making bomb threats to the high school in 2012.
On May 22, 2015, personnel from the Hollister Police Department and the San Benito High School were present in the United States District Court in San Jose California to offer testimony in the sentencing of Jason Smith. Their statements offered insight to be considered by the judge during sentencing in the case.
In a press release by the United Stated Department of Justice, United States Attorney Melinda Haag and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson announced Jason Keith Smith has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for making multiple telephone bomb threats to San Benito High School.
Smith was charged in an indictment filed on February 19, 2014. He has been in federal custody since October 6, 2014. The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Hoh. Judge Koh also sentenced Smith to serve a three year period of supervised release with special conditions. The conditions include that he not telephone San Benito High School or possess any computer without permission from his probation officer.
The case was prosecuted by Northern District of California Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Fazioli and Eastern District of Michigan Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin Mulcahy, with the assistance of Laurie Worthen. The prosecution is the result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Northern California and Detroit, the Hollister Police Department, and the Lincoln Park Police Department.
The Hollister Police Department would like to thank everyone involved in the investigation from its inception until this sentencing. We would especially like to thank our Federal Investigators and Prosecutors for their dedication and hard work to bring this event to a conclusion.
For more information see a copy of press release at the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s website at http://www.justice.gov/usao-ndca
