New Hampshire man pleads guilty in Harvard bomb threat case
A New Hampshire man pled guilty Wednesday to a "series of extortionate bomb threats" against Harvard University in April 2023, the Department of Justice said.
A New Hampshire man pleaded guilty Wednesday for his role in a "series of extortionate bomb threats" against Harvard University in April, the Justice Department announced.
William Giordani, 55, pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to a count of concealing a federal felony. He was arrested in May and indicted by a federal grand jury in June.
The initial charge was dropped in exchange for Giordani's pleading guilty in federal court to knowing about a felony and not reporting it to authorities, his lawyer told NBC Boston.
According to the Justice Department, on April 13, Giordani placed a large tool bag in Harvard's Science Center Plaza, which contained a locked safe holding fireworks and wires. Students and other people were gathered nearby.
Then, a person using a voice-changing app called Harvard police to tell them that the caller had placed three bombs on campus.
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