NASHVILLE, June 21 (UPI) -- A Texas man was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday and charged with threatening to blow up a Tennessee mosque, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
The indictment, handed down in Nashville alleged Javier Alan Correa, 24, of Corpus Christi, Texas, phoned the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro, Tenn., on Sept. 5, 2011 and left a threatening and expletive-laden voice message that included the phrase "On Sept. 11, 2011, there's going to be a bomb in the building."
Correa is charged with one count of intentionally obstructing by threat of force the free exercise of religious beliefs, and one count of using an instrument of international commerce to communicate a threat to destroy a building by means of an explosive device.
He faces up to 30 years in prison, as well as a $250,000 fine for each offense if convicted, the Department of Justice said.
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