Bomb Threats San Francisco

A man who called in a phony bomb threat to San Francisco International Airport, hoping to delay a Korea-bound plane so his girlfriend could catch the flight, was sentenced Friday to 10 months in prison. Flavio David Mendoza, 35, told U.S. District Judge Charles Legge that he had not intended to harm anybody in making the call Dec. 30. "I was always respectful of the law," said Mendoza, a Bolivian citizen. "After this experience, I will be even more respectful of the law."

A man who called in a phony bomb threat to San Francisco International Airport, hoping to delay a Korea-bound plane so his girlfriend could catch the flight, was sentenced Friday to 10 months in prison. Flavio David Mendoza, 35, told U.S. District Judge Charles Legge that he had not intended to harm anybody in making the call Dec. 30. "I was always respectful of the law," said Mendoza, a Bolivian citizen. "After this experience, I will be even more respectful of the law."

A man FBI officials believe is responsible for more than 100 bomb threats to airlines operating out of San Diego, San Francisco and Detroit from 1985 to 1989 has been arrested in San Diego. William Albert Risley, 50, a resident of the Golden West Hotel in the 700 block of 4th Avenue since January, was arrested Monday in downtown San Diego by FBI agent Samuel Stanton after agents matched his voice to a series of threats that began in Detroit in 1985.