SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – An Arkansas man faces up to a decade in federal prison
now that he’s admitted forcing a Missouri courthouse to be evacuated in hopes of
canceling his own scheduled court hearings.Thirty-six-year-old Phillip Ray Robison Jr. of Hartford, Arkansas, pleaded
guilty Friday in Springfield, Missouri, to a federal count of maliciously
conveying false information related to explosive materials.
now that he’s admitted forcing a Missouri courthouse to be evacuated in hopes of
canceling his own scheduled court hearings.Thirty-six-year-old Phillip Ray Robison Jr. of Hartford, Arkansas, pleaded
guilty Friday in Springfield, Missouri, to a federal count of maliciously
conveying false information related to explosive materials.
Robison admitted that he made three separate bomb threats in January 2016,
with each causing the evacuation of the Cedar County Courthouse in Stockton.
Federal prosecutors say Robison was worried that hearings pending at the time
over his alleged violation in a drug-dealing conviction could send him to prison
for a 120-day sentence.
No bombs were ever found.
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