A South Bend man who threatened to blow up two FedEx facilities is headed to prison.

Jessie Richardson, 33, was sentenced after pleading guilty for making a threat to injure through a means of interstate communication.

He was sentenced to just over three years in prison and two years of probation.

United States Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II said, “Mr. Richardson has shown a pattern of threatening behavior in the past, culminating in him calling in bomb threats to FedEx. I want to thank the law enforcement team that worked this case and want others to know that threatening people over the phone or internet could focus my Office’s attention on you.”

Federal prosecutors say that in November 2019, Richardson called a FedEx facility in South Bend over 200 times. On the evening of Nov. 12, Richardson called a FedEx call center since it was too late to get through to the FedEx facility in South Bend. During the call, he told the call center that there was a bomb in the building and that the building was going to blow up.

The following day, Richardson called the South Bend facility and said there was a bomb in the building and he hoped the people inside were ready to die. The building was investigated and no bomb was found.