Ex-Indiana substitute teacher gets 10 months in prison for sending hoax bomb threats to schools, newspaper

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — A former Indiana substitute teacher has been sentenced to 10 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to sending hoax bomb threats targeting numerous locations, including the school where she was employed at the time, the Justice Department announced Monday. In January, Mary Fortner sent a bomb threat to a Milltown, Indiana, police officer targeting a Crawford County school where she was employed at the time, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Fortner, 35, used an anonymous messaging application. The following month, the Corydon Democrat, an Indiana newspaper,...