Former Los Angeles deputy mayor of public safety Brian Williams was sentenced to one year of probation, 50 hours of community service, and a $5,000 fine in the US District Court on Monday for calling in a fake bomb threat to City Hall.
Williams, a former senior staffer of LA mayor Karen Bass, made these claims after growing “desperate” to get out of a virtual meeting.
The 61-year-old admitted to falsely informing police back in October 2024 that he had received a call on his city-issued cellphone from an unknown man who claimed he had placed a bomb in City Hall, a Los Angeles Times report confirms…