FBI: Air Force mechanic threatened to blow up Utah air force base, kill hostages
Source: Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An aircraft mechanic sent e-mails claiming he would detonate explosives at a Utah air force base and kill six hostages if the U.S. did not remove all troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, authorities said Wednesday.
Five buildings at Hill Air Force Base were evacuated Tuesday after the e-mails began surfacing, but the threat turned out to be false and no hostages were taken, FBI agent Tim Fuhrman said.
William Stiffler, 39, was unarmed when he was arrested Tuesday in Malad, Idaho, as he prepared to board an employee shuttle to the base, Fuhrman said.
Stiffler has worked on C-130 planes at Hill since 2001. He was charged with threatening to kill and injure people and appeared Wednesday in federal court in Salt Lake City. He was returned to jail to await a detention hearing Friday.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An aircraft mechanic sent e-mails claiming he would detonate explosives at a Utah air force base and kill six hostages if the U.S. did not remove all troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, authorities said Wednesday.
Five buildings at Hill Air Force Base were evacuated Tuesday after the e-mails began surfacing, but the threat turned out to be false and no hostages were taken, FBI agent Tim Fuhrman said.
William Stiffler, 39, was unarmed when he was arrested Tuesday in Malad, Idaho, as he prepared to board an employee shuttle to the base, Fuhrman said.
Stiffler has worked on C-130 planes at Hill since 2001. He was charged with threatening to kill and injure people and appeared Wednesday in federal court in Salt Lake City. He was returned to jail to await a detention hearing Friday.
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