GEORGIA (WRBL) – A Georgia man has been sentenced to serve time and ordered to pay $38,400 in damages after pleading guilty to making a bomb threat to his employer in September 2020.
According to officials with the United States Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of Georgia, 23-year-old Elliott Sherman (aka Amir Turner) pleaded guilty to charges of false information and hoaxes after a bomb threat phone call took place while he was through a recruitment agency for deployed a docker at California Cartage’s CFS 2 building in Port Wentworth, Georgia.
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“By mindlessly tapping a few keys on his phone, Elliott Sherman shut down a major port facility and initiated a significant law enforcement response,” U.S. Attorney Estes said. “He’s also cost himself a job, his freedom and thousands of dollars. That is a hard price to pay for impatience and immaturity.”
Officials said Sherman, who had carpooled to work, was released early on September 11, 2020. He admitted to investigators that he had called a bomb threat so the other workers in his carpool would also be fired and he would not have to wait for his ride home.
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During the subsequent investigation, the company was forced to suspend operations at two camps at a cost of $38,400.
“Hoax threats deplete law enforcement resources needed for actual emergencies, disrupt trade and frighten potentially threatened victims,” said Keri Farley, the FBI’s Atlanta special agent in charge. “Anyone who decides to make such a threat, especially one at such an inappropriate time, can expect the FBI to come knocking to hold them accountable.”
In addition to redress, Sherman, who has been incarcerated since his arrest in May 2021, was sentenced to serve time and two years of supervised release.
