Piedmont, Mo., man sentenced, released from jail on bomb threat conviction

A federal judge ordered a Piedmont, Mo., man to be released Monday afternoon following his sentencing for calling in a bomb threat at a Piedmont factory.

Marty Allen Shriver, 27, got "time served," which in this case was about 11 months, according to assistant federal prosecutor Keith Sorrell. Shriver had been in federal custody since his December 2009 arrest on one felony count of using a telephone to make a false bomb threat.

Sorrell said the sentencing guidelines range was six to 12 months.

U.S. District Judge Stephen Limbaugh also ordered Shriver to serve two years of supervised release.

Shriver was charged in connection with a telephone call made about 5:45 a.m. Nov. 5, 2009, to the Wayne County Sheriff's Department indicating there were bombs at Windsor Foods in Piedmont.

The call, Piedmont police chief Richard Sanders said at the time, was from a "male subject, who stated his name was Marty and that he had placed several pipe bombs around Windsor Foods and one inside the building."

The plant was evacuated, and a search was conducted. No devices were found.

Officers determined the call originated from a pay phone at a Piedmont convenience store and Shriver, who left home about 3 a.m. and returned there about 6 a.m., was detained as part of the investigation, Sanders said.

Shriver, who was told of his rights, gave a statement to officers. In that statement, Shriver admitted he "made a bomb threat out of frustration and anger," Lt. Cory Thompson said in his probable cause affidavit.

Sanders said Shriver was angry because Windsor Foods would not rehire him.