House arrest for bomb threats

A former Oroville man found responsible for more than 100 false bomb threats in 2017 has been ordered to home confinement after spending five months in prison.

Kao Xiong, 34, of Saint Paul, Minn., was sentenced to five months of home detention and three years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California.

In 2017, while living in Oroville, Xiong mailed approximately 150 letters threatening bombings and assassinations across the U.S. Though the U.S. Postal Service reportedly intercepted many of the letters, several were delivered, including to FBI offices, airports, media outlets, private companies, a mall and both President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama.