Man pleads guilty to bomb threats at Jewish synagogues in Houston

The phone message left at a Houston synagogue with a school was ominous: "If you don't stop and tell your students the truth, we will be forced to bomb your facility."

Nearly a year to the day after the threat to blow up two Jewish congregations here, Dante Phearse pleaded guilty in federal court Monday.

He faces up to 20 years in federal prison without the possibility of parole for obstructing persons from the exercise of their religious beliefs and using a phone to make his violent threat.

The April 30, 2013 message and others touched off a investigation by Houston police and the FBI to catch the culprit, as well as evacuate two local temples.

More at http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Man-pleads-guilty-to-bomb-threats-at-Jewish-5435657.php .