Man sentenced for making bomb threats at Dodson school
Jacob Edwin Wilson, 40, was sentenced in federal court on May 29 to one year and one month in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, according to U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich.
Wilson, a transient, pleaded guilty in January to false information and hoaxes. He had threatened to blow up the Dodson school, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office.
Chief U.S. District Judge Brian M. Morris presided.
The court also ordered $7,000 restitution.
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According to court documents, Wilson called both the Blaine County 911 emergency number and the Dodson school, located near the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, on Aug. 29, 2023, and said he was “about to blow Dodson school up.”
Law enforcement responded and searched the school for an explosive device but none was found, according to court documents. Students and staff were evacuated from the school to a nearby church parking lot.
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“Wilson called 911 again and asked for someone to give him a ride off the reservation, said he was at an individual’s house and that he needed a ride from anyone except the Fort Belknap police,” according to court documents.
Officers located Wilson and arrested him.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey K. Starnes prosecuted the case. The FBI, Fort Belknap Tribal Police, Phillips County Sheriff’s Office, U.S. Border Patrol and Malta Fire Department conducted the investigation.
