The Los Angeles deputy mayor whose job overseeing the fire department was left empty prior to the deadly Palisades wildfire — because he’d been suspended for calling in a phony bomb threat — was sentenced this week to only a year’s probation and a $5000 fine.
Federal prosecutors, citing Williams’ lack of a criminal record and years of public service, had recommended two years of probation, saying the deputy mayor made the threat because he was “overwhelmed with stress and anxiety and desperate to get out of an ongoing meeting.”
Williams’ lawyer Dmitry Gorin, in his client’s defense, also cited “undiagnosed mental health challenges,” for which he said Williams has undergone ten months of treatment.
Williams’ guilty plea to one felony count of making “threats regarding fire and explosives” could have cost him 10 years in prison.
While the false bomb threat cost Williams, 61, his job with the city, his absence from his role of overseeing both the city’s public safety departments may have contributed to the lack of preparation for and a coordinated response to the devastating wildfire.
he should have gotten out of the kitchen if he couldnt stand the heat
He did! lol
They just can’t help themselves