Man sentenced to 2 years in prison for making false bomb threat on flight diverted to JIA

Evan Sims. the man arrested in December for making a bomb threat on a plane, has been sentenced to two years in federal prison.

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In December, Sims was escorted off a flight from Orlando by JSO and the FBI. The flight was diverted to the Jacksonville International Airport after two passengers got into an argument and started talking about bombs.

Read: Passenger escorted off flight diverted to JAX facing federal charges

Sims was sentenced by a judge on June 17.

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According to court documents, the court also made the following recommendations to the Bureau of Prisons:

• Incarcerated as close to Orlando, Florida as possible
• Mental health programming
• Enrolled in the residential substance abuse treatment program (RDAP), including alcohol treatment

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