Florida man sentenced for making bomb threats to S-V school district

Gabrielle Estrada, a 20-year-old Florida man, has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison after being found guilty of disseminating child pornography and also making bomb threats to the Sesser-Valier School District.

Estrada, who lived in Fort Walton Beach, was convicted of falsely making a terrorist threat, two counts of child pornography and one count of harassment by electronic communication, according to a news release from Franklin County State’s Attorney Evan Owen’s office.

Estrada was sentenced on March 13 to three five-year terms and one three-year term in the Illinois Department of Corrections, as well as to a three years to natural life of mandatory supervised release. He was also ordered to pay $10,000 in fines and will be registered as a sex offender for the rest of his life, the release states.

Estrada made a bomb threat to Sesser-Valier schools on Feb. 21, 2016, and made another threat Jan. 17, 2017 — both were made via 911. Estrada, who was then 18, gained access to Franklin County students using the online Xbox gaming system. The release also states he used the game system to “communicate with children, make specific threats of harm, and to disseminate child pornography.”

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