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June-6th-2008, 10:39 PM
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Grocery clerk gets six months in federal prison for Internet hoax
Associated Press
NEWARK, N.J. -- A former grocery clerk must serve six months in federal prison for making bogus Internet postings warning of terrorist attacks against NFL stadiums, a judge ruled Thursday.
Jake Brahm must also serve six months under house arrest following his prison term and repay $26,750 incurred in extra security costs at two of the stadiums.
U.S. District Judge Jose L. Linares said Brahm, 22, conducted a "sick" hoax.
"People have to know they can't go around posting these things on the Internet," Linares said, adding that it scares the public and can expose weaknesses in security responses.
Brahm, of Wauwatosa, Wis., entered a guilty plea in February and faced a prison term of six to 12 months under federal sentencing guidelines. His lawyer had sought probation.
Brahm said his postings were not meant to be taken seriously and that he placed them on 4chan.org, a Web site he described as "outrageous."
"The story I wrote was not intended to be malicious and I didn't intend to deceive anyone," Brahm told the judge, at times stumbling during a seven-minute statement.
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Grocery clerk gets six months in federal prison for Internet hoax
Associated Press
NEWARK, N.J. -- A former grocery clerk must serve six months in federal prison for making bogus Internet postings warning of terrorist attacks against NFL stadiums, a judge ruled Thursday.
Jake Brahm must also serve six months under house arrest following his prison term and repay $26,750 incurred in extra security costs at two of the stadiums.
U.S. District Judge Jose L. Linares said Brahm, 22, conducted a "sick" hoax.
"People have to know they can't go around posting these things on the Internet," Linares said, adding that it scares the public and can expose weaknesses in security responses.
Brahm, of Wauwatosa, Wis., entered a guilty plea in February and faced a prison term of six to 12 months under federal sentencing guidelines. His lawyer had sought probation.
Brahm said his postings were not meant to be taken seriously and that he placed them on 4chan.org, a Web site he described as "outrageous."
"The story I wrote was not intended to be malicious and I didn't intend to deceive anyone," Brahm told the judge, at times stumbling during a seven-minute statement.