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Lucy Richards,
57, was arrested earlier this week on four counts of
transmitting threats via interstate commerce, Wifredo Ferrer,
U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida, said in a
written statement.
Richards, of Tampa, faces a maximum of five years in prison on
each count if convicted at trial, though federal sentencing
guidelines typically call for less time.
Wifredo and George Piro, special agent in charge of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation's Miami field office, said Richards is
accused of making the threats because she believes the massacre
at Sandy Hook was a hoax and never took place.
The parent who was threatened lives in South Florida, according
to prosecutors.
Radio and web-streaming host Alex Jones, a right-wing conspiracy
theorist, has said the Sandy Hook shooting was a “hoax”
involving child actors.
Adam Lanza, 20, opened fire at Sandy Hook in Newtown,
Connecticut on Dec. 14, 2012, killing 20 first graders and six
staff members before taking his own life. Lanza had killed his
mother at their home before embarking on the shooting rampage.
The town subsequently demolished both the school and Lanza'a
home.
(Reporting by Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Tom Brown)
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