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Brian K. Williams, 31, who was employed as the deputy mayor of
public safety in October 2024, was charged with one felony count
of making an explosives threat. The charge carries a maximum
sentence of 10 years in federal prison.
William's attorney did not immediately respond to a request for
comment.
Williams sent a text message to LA Mayor Karen Bass and other
high-ranking city officials on Oct. 3, 2024 that he just
received a call from someone who threatened to bomb city hall,
prosecutors said.
“The male caller stated that ‘he was tired of the city support
of Israel, and he has decided to place a bomb in City Hall. It
might be in the rotunda.’,” Williams wrote in the text,
according to prosecutors. He said he contacted the Los Angeles
Police Department, who sent officers to search the building.
Police did not locate any suspicious packages or devices,
prosecutors said.
Williams showed officers a call he received from a blocked
number on his city-issued cellphone that he said was from the
person who made the bomb threat. The call was made by Williams
himself through the Google Voice application on his personal
phone, according to prosecutors.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation searched Williams' home in
December 2024 in connection to the incident, and Williams was
placed on administrative leave.
Williams will appear in federal court in downtown Los Angeles in
the coming weeks.
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