Maryland Man Pleads Guilty To Phoning In Threats To CNN, Pentagon

A CNN presenter is seen during the 2018 NATO Summit in Brussels, Belgium on July 11, 2018. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto)
A CNN presenter is seen during the 2018 NATO Summit in Brussels, Belgium on July 11, 2018. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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BALTIMORE (AP) — A Maryland man has pleaded guilty to making a series of bomb threats to a CNN news affiliate and a Pentagon tour office.

The plea by George Tomasack of Baltimore was announced Thursday by federal prosecutors and a Secret Service official.

According to his agreement, Tomasack told the Pentagon Tours Office in October 2016 that he was making an “ISIS threat.” He also told a CNN news affiliate in Atlanta that he was associated with the terrorist group and they planned on destroying a government building.

The calls were traced to a prepaid mobile number. Investigators say Tomasack admitted to phoning in threats when they tracked him down in January 2017.

The 47-year-old faces up to five years in prison at his sentencing in May.

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  2. Avatar for eglot eglot says:

    Oh well, yet another poor, dumb white male terrorist throwing their life away. MAGA

  3. I think of it as a necessary social ill… we regularly reduce mental health funding, so should expect more bomb/terrorist/gun threats and incidents.

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