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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0RIVERSIDE, California<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"JusticeA Riverside County man has been arrested on an 18-count federal indictment alleging he placed \u201cswatting calls\u201d threatening to commit mass shootings at several schools in the Inland Empire and Sandy Hook, Connecticut, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n

He also said that he planned to bomb Nashville International Airport on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), the Justice Department announced Wednesday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Eduardo Vicente Pelayo Rodriguez, 31, of Riverside, is charged with one count of stalking, seven counts of transmitting threats in interstate commerce, seven counts of engaging in hoaxes, and three counts of transmitting threats or false information regarding fire and explosives.<\/span><\/p>\n

He was arrested Tuesday, and his arraignment is scheduled for this afternoon in federal court in Riverside.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Photo: FBI File<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cSwatting\u201d refers to falsely reporting in another person’s name that an emergency is in progress or about to occur, with the intent to result in emergency services or law enforcement responding to that other person\u2019s location or investigating them.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the indictment that a federal grand jury returned on May 16 and was unsealed today, Rodriguez in January and February 2023 used a Voice over Internal Protocol (VoIP) service to place more than a dozen calls impersonating the victim. <\/span><\/p>\n

Initially, Rodriguez called a suicide prevention center and a veterans crisis hotline, claimed to be the victim, and said that he was contemplating committing suicide or killing others.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Rodriguez allegedly then called school staff at seven different schools\u2014in Riverside and San Bernardino counties, as well as Sandy Hook, Connecticut\u2014and threatened to commit either a mass shooting or bombing at the schools. <\/span><\/p>\n

Finally, Rodriguez allegedly called Nashville International Airport in Tennessee, said he had planted a bomb on a plane and in the airport, and said, \u201cThis is for ISIS,\u201d and \u201cOne hour, boom.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Law enforcement responded to these phone calls and determined they were fake.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cMr. Rodriguez is alleged to have conducted swatting attacks, to include the callous targeting of an open wound at Sandy Hook, without regard for the potential consequences of this insidious type of hoax,\u201d said Krysti Hawkins, the Acting Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office. \u201cPerpetrators of swatting hoaxes should understand that the FBI and our local partners take these threats seriously and that the penalties \u2013 if convicted \u2013 are considerable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Rodriguez is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.<\/span><\/p>\n

If convicted of the charges, Rodriguez would face a statutory maximum sentence of five years in federal prison on the stalking count, five years on each of the threats counts, five years on each of the hoax counts, and 10 years on each of the counts relating to fire and explosives.<\/span><\/p>\n

The FBI\u2019s Joint Terrorism Task Force is investigating this matter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Assistant U.S. Attorney Jenna W. Long of the Terrorism and Export Crimes Section is prosecuting this case.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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