Man Who Missed His Child's Birth Pleads Guilty To Hospital Bomb Threat
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A Utah man accused of calling in a hospital bomb threat because he was upset he couldn't attend his child's birth has pleaded guilty to a federal charge.
Court records show that 26-year-old Michael Morlang faces up to 10 years in prison, though prosecutors agreed to recommend a lighter sentence after he agreed to the plea deal Tuesday.
The Sept. 17 threat led to an evacuation and lockdown at a hospital in the central Utah city of Richfield.
Court documents show his wife and her father told investigators that Morlang made the bomb threat because he was angry about not being there for the birth.
Investigators say Morlang initially claimed he didn't know anything about the threat when they called him.
His lawyer Jay Winward had no additional comment on the plea.
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