Man jailed for falsely linking fiancée's boss to terror attacks
A US judge has handed down a longer-than-normal sentence for a man who falsely connected his fiancée's Arab-American boss to the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Jack Barresi has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for falsely telling the FBI that his fiancée's boss was a potential suspect.
Prosecutors requested the 38-year-old be given more than the normal six-month sentence for such violations because of the heightened anti-Arab sentiment.
Barresi told federal authorities that on September 7 his fiancée's boss told him that he could "not wait for you Americans to blow up and die," authorities said.
Barresi later admitted that he made the claim because his fiancée told him her boss was mistreating female employees, authorities said.
