Man who reported false threat makes plea deal
An Ontario man who falsely told the FBI that he overheard a co-worker talking about a terrorist attack that would “knock L.A. off the Earth” could face five years in prison.
In a plea deal with prosecutors announced Friday, Dennis Leon Kolupski, 54, admitted that three weeks before Sept. 11, 2005, he called FBI officials to say he had overheard a co-worker talking about the bombings in London and Madrid before stating that “9/11 is nothing like what will happen on 9/12.”
Officials at the U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles said Kolupski admitted that he never heard the person making threats and hoped his report would bring more scrutiny on the co-worker. Kolupski will appear in court Feb. 26.
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