Texas A&M bomb threat suspect sentenced to 33 months for Texas State bomb scare
A Bryan man charged with making bomb threats to Texas A&M has been sentenced for similar threats made against Texas State University.
Dereon Kelley, 22, on Wednesday was handed a sentence of 33 months in federal prison for the October threats against Texas State.
U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes, who presided over the trial, additionally ordered Kelley to pay a $300 fine and $15,000 in restitution and serve a three-year term of supervision upon his release. Approximately $12,000 of the restitution will be paid to Texas State University and $3,000 will go to Kelley's former girlfriend, Brittany Henderson of Bryan, whom Kelley implicated in the threat and who spent more than a month in jail in San Marcos on charges related to the threat.
Kelley was accused of three federal counts of using the Internet to convey a false threat involving an explosive device in order to intimidate people at Texas State University. The charges carried a maximum sentence of up to 10 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine. Kelley was found guilty after a two-day trial and one hour of jury deliberation.
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