{"id":2438549,"date":"2025-05-23T18:39:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T22:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-los-angeles-deputy-mayor-to-plead-guilty-over-fake-bomb-threat\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T18:39:59","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T22:39:59","slug":"former-los-angeles-deputy-mayor-to-plead-guilty-over-fake-bomb-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-los-angeles-deputy-mayor-to-plead-guilty-over-fake-bomb-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Los Angeles deputy mayor to plead guilty over fake bomb threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-los-angeles-deputy-mayor-to-plead-guilty-over-fake-bomb-threat%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2438549&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former Los Angeles Deputy Mayor Brian K.Williams is set to plead guilty to making a false bomb threat involving City Hall.He allegedly informed high-ranking city officials,including Mayor Karen Bass,that he had received a threatening call about a bomb being placed in City Hall due to the city&#8217;s support for Israel. Upon examination,police found no evidence of a threat,and prosecutors concluded that Williams may have made the call to himself. After being placed on administrative leave and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reports-house-speaker-pelosis-laptop-missing-w-va-delegate-charged-for-his-role-in-capitol-breach\/\" title=\"Reports: House Speaker Pelosi\u2019s laptop missing &amp; W. Va. delegate charged for his role in Capitol breach\">facing federal charges<\/a>, he coudl face up to 10 years in prison. Mayor Bass expressed disappointment regarding the situation, emphasizing the seriousness of such allegations in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/backlash-against-disney-grows-after-liberal-actor-in-show-with-gina-carano-made-similar-posts-still-has-job\/\" title=\"Backlash Against Disney Grows After Liberal Actor In Show With Gina Carano ... Similar Posts, Still Has Job\">current political climate<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Former Los Angeles deputy mayor to plead guilty over fake bomb threat<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2130170\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/los-angeles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Los Angeles<\/a> Deputy Mayor Brian K. Williams will plead guilty to falsely telling<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> law enforcement<\/a> a bomb had been placed in City Hall last year.<\/p>\n<p>Williams was employed as the deputy mayor of public safety in October 2024 under Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karen-bass\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Karen Bass <\/a>and has been charged with one felony count of making an explosives threat after police found no such threat existed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3421105\/trump-greenlights-nippon-deal-us-steel-rally-pittsburgh\/\">Trump greenlights Nippon deal with US Steel, announces rally in Pittsburgh<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3420990\/boeing-doj-ends-prosecution-for-fatal-crashes\/\">DOJ ends prosecution of Boeing for fatal crashes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3421013\/duffy-blames-hochul-nyc-subway-assaults-on-rise\/\">Duffy blames Hochul after NYPD data show subway assaults on the rise<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The former deputy mayor alerted Bass and other <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >high-ranking city staff<\/a> in a text message on Oct. 3, 2024, that someone had called him and threatened to bomb City Hall.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The male caller stated that &lsquo;he was tired of the [city&rsquo;s] support of Israel, and he has decided to place a bomb in City Hall. It might be in the rotunda,&rsquo;&rdquo; Williams wrote in the text, according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p>Police were sent to the building, but no threat was revealed. Williams showed police that he had received a call from a blocked number supposedly from the person who made the threat.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors determined that Williams made the call to himself, for reasons that are unclear.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI searched Williams&rsquo;s home in December 2024, and he was placed on administrative leave. The former deputy mayor will appear in federal court in the next few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In an era of heated political rhetoric that has sometimes escalated into violence, we cannot allow public officials to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/karen-bass-deputy-admit-to-bomb-threat-that-sidelined-him-as-la-burned-and-bass-was-out-of-country\/\" title=\"Karen Bass&#039; Deputy Admit to ... ... That Sidelined Him as LA Burned and Bass Was Out of Country\">make bomb threats<\/a>,&rdquo; U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-cdca\/pr\/former-los-angeles-deputy-mayor-public-safety-agrees-plead-guilty-threatening-bomb-la\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said in a statement<\/a>. &ldquo;My office will continue its efforts to keep the public safe, including from those who violate their duty to uphold the law.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3418852\/house-passes-trump-one-big-beautiful-bill-tax-cuts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>HOUSE PASSES LANDMARK &lsquo;ONE BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL&rsquo; TO DELIVER TRUMP&rsquo;S TAX CUTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Williams faces up to 10 years in prison. Bass expressed disappointment in Williams through spokesman Zach Seidl.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Like many, we were shocked when these allegations were first made, and we are saddened by this conclusion,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/22\/us\/brian-williams-la-bomb-threat-guilty.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Seidl told<\/a> the <em>New York Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2130170\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2130170\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ex-LA deputy mayor to admit guilt in false bomb threat case<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2438550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/LA-city-hall.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[55813,55814,32750,33211,36585],"class_list":["post-2438549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-deputy-mayor","tag-fake-bomb-threat","tag-guilty-plea","tag-legal-news","tag-los-angeles"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/LA-city-hall.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2438549"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2438553,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438549\/revisions\/2438553"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2438550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2438549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2438549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2438549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}