Allen Ward, 51, of Muskogee, Okla., pleaded guilty today to making a bomb threat by telephone to the Bentonville Police about the Fellowship Bible Church in Rogers, which his ex-wife attended. According to a plea agreement, the call was made by cell phone Oct. 21, 2012.

He’ll be sentenced later on a charge of maliciously conveying false information in violation of a federal statute, according to a release from acting U.S. Attorney Kenneth Eiser.

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