Somali sentenced in Montana Amtrak terror threat

Unless you are a regular reader here, you probably never heard about this incident that happened last February.  No pictures on the nightly news showing 140 Amtrak passengers walking across a frozen pond after the Somali said there was a bomb on the train.  We reported the story here in April when he plead guilty.

The guy got 15 months and apparently no federal terrorism charges.

From Minnesota Public Radio:

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) – A Minnesota man has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for a false threat that led to the evacuation of an Amtrak train in northern Montana in February.

Hussein Abdi Hassan, 24, of Minneapolis was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Sam Haddon on a federal charge of false information and hoaxes.

Prosecutors say Hassan was removed from an Amtrak train in Browning on Feb. 14 for being intoxicated and disruptive. He later told a deputy there was something dangerous in his bag and dangerous people on the train.

After the train was stopped and 140 passengers evacuated across a frozen pond, the train was searched for explosives. None were found. The threat delayed the train by 11 hours. Hassan also was ordered to pay $310,089 in restitution.  [How are they going to get this kind of money out of this guy—he will have to turn to dealing drugs or doing food stamp fraud.—ed]

No terrorism charges and no deportation here either it seems!  Obama Amnesty candidate?

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