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Arizona man sentenced for phone threats to UP headquarters, other sites in Omaha

By Trains Staff | January 16, 2023

| Last updated on February 6, 2024


42-year-old receives 18 months in federal prison

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U.S. Department of Justice sealOMAHA, Neb. — A 42-year-old Arizona man has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for calling in threats to Union Pacific headquarters and other Omaha locations in April 2021.

The Omaha World-Herald reports Andrew Isaac Abrams of Tucson was sentenced for transmitting threats through interstate commerce on Friday, Jan. 13, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Nebraska.

On April 23, 2021, Abrams used an Arizona phone number to call Union Pacific and said a truck loaded with two tons of explosive material was parked near the railroad’s headquarters building, leading to evacuation of the structure. He also called Omaha’s City-County Building, airport, and an Omaha high school, making similar threats.

Abrams’ cellphone was seized when law enforcement officers carried out a search warrant on his Tucson apartment on May 13, 2021, and a review of call records verified the calls had been made from his phone. He was arrested the next day.

One thought on “Arizona man sentenced for phone threats to UP headquarters, other sites in Omaha

  1. Justice, you gotta love it… Now if they could just show some justice to the customers and employees of UP by sacking their CEO Lance Fritz and putting a railroad man in charge…

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