US EditionBomb hoax sends former Northeastern University employee to prison for a year
- A former Northeastern University employee, Jason Duhaime, was sentenced to just over a year in prison for a bomb hoax involving a false report to the FBI regarding an explosion at the Boston campus.
- Duhaime's false claims led to a significant law enforcement response, including evacuation and involvement of the bomb squad, as stated by the U.S. Attorney's Office.
- The FBI discovered that Duhaime had written a letter related to the hoax just hours before his 911 call, revealing his premeditated actions.
- U.S. District Court Senior Judge William G. Young emphasized that bomb hoaxes inflict fear and divert resources, highlighting the serious consequences of such actions.
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Former Northwestern University employee sentenced for staging hoax explosion
BOSTON (WWLP) - A former Northeastern University employee has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for staging a hoax explosion. New York man sentenced for trafficking cocaine from Puerto Rico to Massachusetts The incident took place in September of 2022 where 47-year-old Jason Duhaime set off a massive law enforcement response after he called the Northeastern Police Department and reported that he had been injured when a package he …
Northeastern University bomb hoaxer gets 1 year in prison
A former Northeastern University virtual reality lab manager who faked a bomb explosion that injured only himself but required a major police response will spend a year in prison for his crime. “Bomb hoaxes are not a harmless act, they inflict fear, divert resources and put both first responders and the public at real risk as they race to the scene,” U.S. Attorney Joshua Levy said following the sentencing. “This sentence should send a clear mess…
Former Northeastern worker sentenced for staging a hoax bomb explosion, lying to police
A former Northeastern University employee was sentenced on Monday in Boston federal court for staging a hoax explosion and lying to police about it, officials said. Jason Duhaime, 47, formerly of Massachusetts and San Antonio, was sentenced to one year and one day in prison, to be followed by two years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Joshua S. Levy said in a statement.
Former Northeastern employee sentenced in campus bomb hoax - Boston News, Weather, Sports
A former Northeastern University employee was sentenced Monday after being convicted of lying to the FBI about a bomb going off in 2022. Jason Duhaime, 47, was sentenced to one year and one day in prison and two years of supervised release. In 2022, Duhaime was convicted of lying to the FBI by claiming a bomb had gone off on the Northeastern Campus. Duhaime worked in a Northeastern University media lab in September 2022. In a call to police, he …
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Bomb hoax sends former Northeastern University employee to prison for a year
BOSTON (AP) — A former Northeastern University employee who lied to the FBI about a package blowing up in his arms at the Boston campus has been sentenced to just over a year in prison for the hoax. Jason Duhaime, 47, from San Antonio, Texas, was convicted on the federal charges in June of intentionally conveying false and misleading information related to an explosive device and two counts of making materially false statements to a federal law …
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