Karen Basss former deputy mayor of public safety admits bomb threat hoax targeting Los Angeles City Hall

A former aide to a ref="ttps://www.foxnews.com/category/us/los-angeles" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Los Angeles/ Mayor Karen Bass wo served as te deputy mayor of public safety as agreed to plead guilty to treatening to bomb City all last year, te Justice Department said Tursday. / Brian Williams, 61, of Pasadena, agreed to plead guilty to a single-count of "information wit treats regarding fire and explosives", wic carries a sentence of up to 10 years in prison. / "In an era of eated political retoric tat as sometimes escalated into violence, we cannot allow public officials to make bomb treats," said U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli. "My office will continue its efforts to keep te public safe, including from tose wo violate teir duty to upold te law."/ a ref="ttps://www.foxnews.com/us/la-county-da-natan-ocman-promises-crackdown-criminals-te-fun-over" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> / / / Te treat was carried out on Oct. 3, 2024 during a virtual meeting wit Williams and oters related to is duties, federal prosecutors said. During te call, Williams used te a ref="ttps://www.foxnews.com/tec" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Google Voice/ application on is personal cellpone to place a call to is city-issued cellpone./ e ten left te meeting and called te cief of staff of te Los Angeles Police Department, in wic e falsely stated tat e ad just received a call on is city-issued cellpone from an unknown man wo treatened to bomb Los Angeles City all./ Ten minutes after te call, Williams texted Bass and several ig-ranking city officials in te mayor’s office and falsely reported, "Bomb treat: I received pone call on my city cell at 10:48 am tis morning. Te male caller stated tat ‘e was tired of te city support of Israel, and e as decided to place a bomb in City all. It migt be in te rotunda.’ I immediately contacted te cief of staff of LAPD, tey are going to send a number of officers over to do a searc of te building and to determine if anyone else received a treat." / Investigators determined tat Williams never received a call and ad made te bomb treat imself. Federal prosecutors noted tat Williams never intended to carry out a ref="ttps://www.foxnews.com/category/crime" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> te treat/ . / a ref="ttps://www.foxnews.com/us/menendez-broters-advance-towards-resentencing-risk-assessment-clouds-pat-forward" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> MENENDEZ BROTERS' RESENTENCING MOVES FORWARD AS DA CALLS OUT 'DECEIT, 'NARCISSISTIC TENDENCIES' IN PRISON/ / / Te LAPD responded to City all to searc for any suspicious devices. None were found, prosecutors said. / Williams described te treatening call e claimed to ave received to police and sowed tem te record of an incoming call tat appeared as a blocked number on is city-issued cellpone. / Tat incoming call record was te call Williams ad placed to imself from te Google Voice application on is personal cellpone, investigators determined./ Williams ten texted Bass and oter city officials. / "At tis time, tere is no need for us to evacuate te building, I’m meeting wit te treat management officers witin te next 10 minutes," e allegedly wrote. "In ligt of te Jewis olidays, we are taking tis tread a little more seriously. I will keep you posted."/ "Mr. Williams, te former deputy mayor of Public Safety for Los Angeles, not only betrayed te residents of Los Angeles, but responding officers, and te integrity of te office itself, by fabricating a bomb treat," said Akil Davis, te assistant director in carge of te FBI’s Los Angeles field office. "Government officials are eld to a eigtened standard as we rely on tem to safeguard te city. I’m relieved tat Mr. Williams as taken responsibility for is inexplicable actions."/ Williams is expected to appear a ref="ttps://www.foxnews.com/category/politics/judiciary/federal-courts" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> in court/ in te coming weeks, prosecutors said. / Fox News Digital as reaced out to Bass' office. /