Former Football Star Fined For Bomb Hoax

Former Idaho State University football player Brian DeCato has been placed on probation for one year and fined $910 for calling in a false report of a bomb at Holt Arena the night of a Hootie and the Blowfish concert last November.

DeCato, 18, was accused of using a two-way radio stolen from a security guard’s desk to call in the bomb report.

Sixth District Judge Randy Smith fined DeCato $500 in a court appearance this week and ordered him to reimburse the university for the $410 reward it paid DeCato’s roommate for providing information leading to DeCato’s arrest.

DeCato also must write a letter to the Idaho State Journal apologizing to the public for his crime and must do community service either in Pocatello or in Walla Walla, where he plans to enroll at a community college next fall.