The State - News from Jan. 8, 1986
A Susanville man was sentenced by a federal judge in Reno to 15 months in prison for threatening to blow up the MGM Grand-Reno casino last April if the resort failed to pay him $300,000. U.S. District Judge Edward Reed sentenced Moses Smith, 64, after the defendant pleaded guilty and told the court that he was in a “confused” state of mind when he made the telephoned threat. No explosives were found.
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