CONCORD, N.H. — A man has pleaded guilty in federal court to calling in computer-generated voice bomb threats to the City Hall in Somersworth, New Hampshire.
According to court documents and statements, City Hall workers received two calls on Feb. 3 stating there was a bomb inside the building. The building was evacuated; it was determined there were no explosive devices.
The calls were tracked to John Rupert, 29, of Scarborough, Maine.
Authorities searched his home. They said Rupert said he made the calls because he was angry about an injury he received at a massage parlor in Somersworth.
He is scheduled to be sentenced on July 14.
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