Illegal immigrant ex-school secretary who made bomb threat indicted on gun charges
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A former secretary at a Kansas elementary school who admitted to emailing a bomb threat last year has been indicted on federal firearms charges, authorities said Tuesday.
Claudia Rodriguez-Oviedo, 33, faces two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm by a person illegally in the United States, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said in a statement.
The indictment claims Rodriguez-Oviedo, a native of Mexico, was in possession of a Remington handgun and 35 rounds of ammunition when she was arrested in connection with the bomb threat targeting Unified School District 382 in Pratt this past Nov. 8.
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ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SECRETARY ARRESTED OVER BOMB THREAT
According to an affidavit made public that December, Rodriguez-Oviedo told authorities that she sent the bomb threat to "see what it felt like." At the time, she was working as a secretary at Southwest Elementary School in Pratt.
In January, Rodriguez-Oviedo was sentenced to 12 months in prison after she pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated criminal threat and one count of unlawful act concerning a computer.
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At the time of Rodriguez-Oviedo's sentencing, Pratt County Attorney Tracy Beverlin said that her visa was due to expire this month and her deportation was imminent.
If convicted of both gun charges, Rodriguez-Oviedo faces up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $500,000, said McAllister, who added that ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) investigated the case.