Former USCD employee admits bogus threats
By: North County Times wire services | ∞
SAN DIEGO -- A former university employee pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to threatening to blow up buildings on campus if research animals weren't released.
Richard Sills, 54, faces up to five years in prison when he is sentenced June 16 by U.S. District Judge Larry Burns.
Sills pleaded guilty to one count of making threats involving animal enterprises.
The Encinitas resident, a temporary employee in the UC San Diego biomedical science department, admitted making two phone calls and sending a letter claiming there was a bomb on the campus on Dec. 5.
A bogus device was found that morning at the Leichtag Family Foundation Biomedical Research Building.
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