A Santa Fe Springs man has been sentenced to 12 months in federal prison for reporting online tips to the U.S. Department of Defense that falsely claimed mass-casualty attacks at U.S. military facilities in Los Angeles and Orange counties were being planned by various women, officials announced Tuesday.
Daniel Sandoval, 29, was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Stephen Wilson. Sandoval pleaded guilty in February in Los Angeles federal court to one count of false information and hoaxes.
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On March 21, 2021, Sandoval provided an online tip to the DOD reporting system that falsely stated that a woman identified in court documents as S.C. was planning to detonate bombs in an attack at a U.S. Navy weapons facility in Seal Beach. According to Sandoval’s tip, the attack would involve “blowing up military vehicles stationed there and civilian personnel vehicles,” court papers show.