WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA (BNO NEWS) – A Wheeling, West Virginia resident was sentenced on Monday for making false bomb threats against a post office, prosecutors said.

Charles W. Beever, 44, was sentenced to four months in jail followed by two years of supervised release, said Betsey Jividen, the Acting United States Attorney for the US Attorney’s office in the Northern District of West Virginia.

Beever plead guilty on October 27 to one count of voicing a bomb threat by stating false information concerning an alleged attempt to damage or destroy the main Wheeling post office with a bomb on May 24.

The case, prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney David J. Perri, was investigated by the United States Postal Inspection Service.

Beever is now free on bond but will self report to the designated Federal institution on January 28, 2010.