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JACKSON, Mo. - The idea seemed a long shot at best: One man would call police and accuse his friend of carrying a bomb in hopes the arresting officer would rough up the suspect enough to support a lawsuit.
Instead of a civil case windfall, Duane Haffner and Leotis Sylvester Allen are going to prison. A judge on Monday sentenced Haffner, 23, to five years for making a terroristic threat. Allen, 22, received a four-year term. Both men are from the southeast Missouri town Jackson.
"This was more a crime of stupidity rather than terrorism," Cape Girardeau County prosecutor Morley Swingle said
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"My feeling is that 9-11 took all the humor out of bomb threats," Swingle said.
JACKSON, Mo. - The idea seemed a long shot at best: One man would call police and accuse his friend of carrying a bomb in hopes the arresting officer would rough up the suspect enough to support a lawsuit.
Instead of a civil case windfall, Duane Haffner and Leotis Sylvester Allen are going to prison. A judge on Monday sentenced Haffner, 23, to five years for making a terroristic threat. Allen, 22, received a four-year term. Both men are from the southeast Missouri town Jackson.
"This was more a crime of stupidity rather than terrorism," Cape Girardeau County prosecutor Morley Swingle said
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"My feeling is that 9-11 took all the humor out of bomb threats," Swingle said.
