SEDALIA, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City man who told several people at a Sedalia high school that escaped convicts were planning to kidnap students has pleaded guilty to making a terrorist threat.
Prosecutors say 19-year-old Michael Frederick, who had been reported missing from Fort Leonard Wood, made the threats in November during a senior fundraiser at Smith-Cotton High School.
The Sedalia Democrat reports that Frederick told several students and a school administrator that the Army sent him to advise area schools about the kidnapping plot.
The Pettis County Sheriff's Office found that there was no such threat.
Frederick was sentenced last week to serve 180 days in jail. After he completes his sentence, he faces military discipline for being absent without leave.
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Information from: The Sedalia Democrat, http://www.sedaliademocrat.com
Prosecutors say 19-year-old Michael Frederick, who had been reported missing from Fort Leonard Wood, made the threats in November during a senior fundraiser at Smith-Cotton High School.
The Sedalia Democrat reports that Frederick told several students and a school administrator that the Army sent him to advise area schools about the kidnapping plot.
The Pettis County Sheriff's Office found that there was no such threat.
Frederick was sentenced last week to serve 180 days in jail. After he completes his sentence, he faces military discipline for being absent without leave.
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Information from: The Sedalia Democrat, http://www.sedaliademocrat.com
