A San Antonio man who did not want to go to work called a South Texas airport threatening that two bombs would be detonated, federal prosecutors said.
Steve M. Gutierrez III, 40, pleaded guilty to threatening to damage or destroy a structure using explosives, authorities said in a statement Monday.
Gutierrez in July was working at the construction site for a new U.S. Coast Guard facility at Corpus Christi International Airport. Prosecutors contend he called the general contractor saying officials should expect "two bombs to go off." The site was evacuated.
Investigators later linked the call to Gutierrez, who tried to avoid detection by destroying the cell phone he had used.
Gutierrez is scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 15. He faces up to 10 years in prison.
