Man who threatened bombing sentenced to 6 months

A Vancouver man who made violent threats on Facebook against Microsoft and its founders was sentenced Monday in Clark County Superior Court to six months in jail.

Andy C. H. Chung, 42, pleaded guilty to making threats to bomb. He was given credit for 165 days in custody, and in addition to his jail sentence, will serve 12 months of community custody, court records show.

According to a probable cause affidavit, Chung was institutionalized in 2008 for ramming his car into the office of the KXL radio station in Portland. At that time, the radio station was owned by Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft and owner of the Portland Trail Blazers and Seattle Seahawks.

Chung was released in March 2018 and moved into his parents’ Vancouver home. By July, he was writing posts on Facebook expressing his dislike for Microsoft, Allen, Bill Gates, and the U.S. and Hong Kong governments, the affidavit states.

The posts included threats of violence against his high-profile targets. Vancouver police spoke with Chung twice between July and September, and learned he was seeking treatment at Columbia River Mental Health. He was subsequently found not to be a threat at the time, court records say.

However, he became more agitated and violent in his Facebook posts, and mentioned bombing “Seattle Microsoft,” according to court documents, which prompted police to arrest him Sept. 13, the affidavit states.