Stoughton Man Pleads Guilty to Sending Bomb Threats to Norwood Schools

NORWOOD, MA — A Stoughton man admitted Friday to emailing bomb threats to schools in Norwood, Chicago, and Providence.

Anthony Rae, 25, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to five counts of sending bomb threats. A sentencing date has not been scheduled, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.

For a nine-month period starting in October 2014, Rae used multiple different email accounts to send bomb threats to educational institutions in three different states. The first threats were sent to an elementary school in Chicago, Ill. and several public schools in Norwood. After hacking his mother's email account, he sent two more threats to his own school — ITT Technical Institute in Norwood.

In June 2015, police obtained a search warrant for Rae’s residence and seized numerous electronic devices. The following day, Rae used a computer made available to residents in his apartment complex to send bomb threats to Rhode Island College in Providence. Police took Rae into custody on June 19, 2015 and he was charged federally last October.

Rae faces up to 10 yeas in prison, three years supervised release, and a fine of $250,000.

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Information in this article was provided by the U.S. Attorney's office.