Woman pleads guilty to calling in hoax bomb threat at Boston Children’s Hospital
A Massachusetts woman pleaded guilty on Thursday to calling in a fake bomb threat to Boston Children’s Hospital as it faced a barrage of harassment over its surgical program for transgender youths.
BOSTON — A Massachusetts woman pleaded guilty on Thursday to calling in a fake bomb threat to Boston Children’s Hospital as it faced a barrage of harassment over its surgical program for transgender youths.
Catherine Leavy, who was arrested last year at her home in Westfield, pleaded guilty in Boston federal court to charges including making a false bomb threat, according to prosecutors. She’s scheduled to be sentenced in March.
The most serious charge she pleaded guilty to carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.
Her attorney, Forest O’Neill-Greenberg, didn’t immediately respond to an email seeking comment.
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