BOSTON — An East Bay man is dealing with prices he made threatening calls to Tufts College, prompting a manhunt and lockdown final 12 months, in keeping with federal prosecutors.
Sammy Sultan, 48, was arrested at his residence in Hayward on Thursday and can make an preliminary look in federal courtroom in northern California on Friday, U.S. Lawyer for Massachusetts Rachael Rollins’ workplace mentioned.
He’s anticipated to look in federal courtroom in Boston at a later date to face a cost of constructing threatening communications in interstate commerce.
Prosecutors say Sultan made eight cellphone calls to Tufts College police during which he claimed to have entered a feminine scholar’s dorm room and was hiding beneath a mattress with a taser and pistols.
Tufts and native police carried out an hours-long, room-by-room search on the Medford campus, however a subsequent investigation decided that Sultan had made the calls from California.
Sultan pleaded responsible in federal courtroom in California in 2017 to creating lots of of obscene and harassing cellphone calls to legislation enforcement companies, for which he was sentenced to 2 years in jail.
He faces as much as 5 years in jail for the newest prices. It couldn’t be instantly decided if Sultan has a lawyer.