A guard fabricates a terrorist attack to leave her job early
A security guard working to protect a Chicago festival has been charged with obtaining confirmed information about a possible terrorist attack in order to postpone the festival because she wanted to leave work early for private reasons.
A report by the "Chicago Sun-Times" revealed that 18-year-old Jania Williams made the threat at a popular and international music festival on Friday.
Cook County officials said she sent a false message claiming there had been a "mass shootings" of 150 targets at the four-day festival, and Williams sent one of the messages to her moderator using a phone app, prompting festival organizers to contact the Chicago Police Department and the FBI.
Williams was also accused of putting together a fake Facebook profile to write a post about an "extensive shooting" at the event that was scheduled to take place that evening.
It reported that officials were able to link the alleged actions to Williams.
At that point, she was brought in for questioning, at which point the police claimed they had confessed to the fake letter.
In other comments from prosecutors summarized in various local reports, Williams said the reason for the alleged phantom threat was her desire to "quit work early".
She is scheduled to appear in court on Monday, August 8, and reports indicate that she has been charged with a felony charge of false terrorist threat.
And the media indicated that Williams' bail is set at $ 50 thousand dollars, and she will have to submit to electronic monitoring if she is released, according to the Andy 100 website.
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