Former journalist pleads guilty in Jewish bomb threats case

From January to March, more than 150 bomb threats were reported against Jewish community centers and day schools in 37 states and two Canadian provinces, according to the Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish group that battles anti-Semitism.

Authorities say an 18-year-old Israeli-American Jewish hacker arrested in Israel in March was believed responsible for most of those threats along with a wave of more than 2,000 threats against U.S. Jewish centers, airports, malls, police stations and other institutions.

In a release, Acting U.S. Attorney Joon H. Kim said Thompson, of St. Louis, fueled "fear and distress" early this year with fake bomb threats to more than a dozen Jewish community centers and organizations nationwide.