US lawyer fined $20,000 for making bomb threat call to daycare centre
She wanted to avoid a contentious court hearing, which is why she made the threat
A lawyer must pay a USD 20,000 fine for making a bomb threat to a day care center at the federal courthouse in Syracuse.
Jacqueline Jones of Syracuse pleaded guilty Friday to misdemeanour false reporting of an incident.
She admitted she called in a bomb threat to the day care center in February 2015 because she wanted to avoid a contentious court hearing.
Prosecutors say the threat caused fear and chaos in the day care, where there were 70 children.
Jones was sentenced to a year of probation and a USD 20,000 fine, but avoided jail time. Prosecutors had recommended six months in jail.