OMAHA, Neb. — A 42-year-old Arizona man has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for calling in threats to Union Pacific headquarters and other Omaha locations in April 2021.
The Omaha World-Herald reports Andrew Isaac Abrams of Tucson was sentenced for transmitting threats through interstate commerce on Friday, Jan. 13, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Nebraska.
On April 23, 2021, Abrams used an Arizona phone number to call Union Pacific and said a truck loaded with two tons of explosive material was parked near the railroad’s headquarters building, leading to evacuation of the structure. He also called Omaha’s City-County Building, airport, and an Omaha high school, making similar threats.
Abrams’ cellphone was seized when law enforcement officers carried out a search warrant on his Tucson apartment on May 13, 2021, and a review of call records verified the calls had been made from his phone. He was arrested the next day.
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