Sandy Hook hoaxer sentenced for threatening victim’s father
A Florida woman who claimed the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School was a hoax was sentenced Wednesday to five months in prison for making death threats against the parent of one of the students killed in the attack.
Lucy Richards, 57, pleaded guilty to one count of transmitting threats through interstate communications, admitting that she sent the parent a message reading, “LOOK BEHIND YOU IT IS DEATH,” court documents show.
Prosecutors alleged Richards left a series of menacing voice mails and emails with Pozner in January, saying in one, “death is coming to you real soon.”
Prosecutors agreed to a somewhat reduced prison term for Richards “based upon the defendant’s recognition and affirmative and timely acceptance of personal responsibility,” the plea agreement says.
Richards apologized to Pozner in a statement, according to the Associated Press, which reported that she had mental health problems, including anxiety disorder and agoraphobia.
Sandy Hook hoaxers have peddled a range of conspiracy theories about the mass shooting in online message boards, blogs and grainy YouTube videos.