Jessie Richardson, Threats Through Interstate Communication, Indiana 2024

A South Bend man has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison for making threats through interstate communication.

According to a Grimy Times investigation, Jessie Richardson, 33, of South Bend, Indiana, was sentenced to 33 months in prison followed by 2 years of supervised release for making a threat to injure through a means of interstate communication.

The charges stem from an incident in November 2019, when Richardson called a FedEx facility in South Bend over 200 times in less than a month. On the evening of November 12, Richardson called a FedEx call center, claiming there was a bomb in the building and that it was going to blow up.

Richardson made another call the following day, stating that there was a bomb in the building and hoping the people inside were ready to die. The building was evacuated for safety, allowing law enforcement to investigate.

Richardson has three prior convictions for intimidation and one for invasion of privacy, where he violated a protection order.

‘Mr. Richardson has shown a pattern of threatening behavior in the past, culminating in him calling in bomb threats to FedEx. I want to thank the law enforcement team that worked this case and want others to know that threatening people over the phone or internet could focus my Office’s attention on you,’” said United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.

The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives with the assistance of the South Bend Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Molly E. Donnelly handled the case.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndin/pr/south-bend-indiana-man-sentenced-10