Fla. woman pleads guilty in school lockdown case

Published January 13, 2015

A Florida woman has pleaded guilty to making threats last year that prompted an hours-long lockdown at the nation's sixth-largest school system.

Ellisa Martinez entered the plea Monday at a hearing in Fort Lauderdale federal court. The 48-year-old New Port Richey woman admitted sending e-mail and telephone threats involving guns and schools to a conservative radio talk show host.

The Nov. 10 lockdown affected some 275,000 students at 300 Broward County schools. Martinez fled Florida and was later arrested by the FBI in Southern California.

Martinez faces a maximum five-year prison sentence.

Talk radio host Joyce Kaufman received the threats after agreeing to become chief of staff for Republican U.S. Rep. Allen West. She later decided not to take the job.

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