Published: September 4th, 2008 01:32 PM
Last Modified: September 4th, 2008 01:33 PM
A man who threatened to blow up an Alaska Airlines plane while pacing the aisle, preaching and holding a Bible, has been sentenced in federal court to five years of probation, according to the U.S. attorney.
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Kirk Frederic Forest, 39, pleaded guilty in January to the threat charge and has been in the custody since. A condition of his sentence is that he undergo inpatient mental health counseling during his probation, prosecutors said.
Forest was accused of walking the aisle of the Anchorage-bound flight from Seattle holding a Bible and proselytizing to fellow passengers about God and Jesus.
When confronted, Forest told flight attendants he had a bomb and asked one of them if he should blow up the aircraft.
Forest was restrained and the aircraft landed safely. No bomb was on board.
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