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California Man Given 12-Month Prison Term for False Claims About Attacks on Military Facilities

Daniel Sandoval, 29, pleaded guilty after making a number of false reports to the DOD, claiming women were planning attacks on military facilities.
California Man Given 12-Month Prison Term for False Claims About Attacks on Military Facilities
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Kimberly Hayek
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A Santa Fe Springs, California, man was sentenced to 12 months and one day in federal prison on Nov. 4 for deliberately submitting eight false online tips to the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD).

The man claimed that specific women were planning to commit mass casualty attacks at U.S. military facilities in Los Angeles and Orange counties, the Justice Department said in a Nov. 6 statement.
Kimberly Hayek
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Kimberly Hayek is a reporter for The Epoch Times. She covers California news and has worked as an editor and on scene at the U.S.-Mexico border during the 2018 migrant caravan crisis.