Man gets 4 years for bogus Election Day threat

BENTON, Ill. (AP) — A southern Illinois man was sentenced Wednesday to four years in federal prison for falsely telling an FBI agent he knew of a plot to disrupt the 2012 general election with weapons and explosives.

Ray Allen Flener, 26, of Sesser pleaded guilty in April in U.S. District Court in Benton to charges of making a false statement to a federal officer and of conveying a false threat.