Man gets hefty sentence for falsely linking Arab-American man to Sept. 11 attacks

NEW YORK - A federal judge handed down a longer-than-normal sentence for a man who falsely connected his fiancee&#39;s Arab-American boss to the Sept. 11 attacks. <br> <br> Judge Nina Gershon of U.S. District Court sentenced Jack Barresi, 38, to 21 months in prison for falsely telling the FBI that his fiancee&#39;s boss was a potential suspect. <br> <br> Prosecutors requested Barresi be given more than the normal six-month sentence for such violations because of the &#34;heightened anti-Arab sentiment.&#34; <br> <br> Barresi told federal authorities right after the attacks that on Sept. 7, his fiancee&#39;s boss told him that he could &#34;not wait for you Americans to blow up and die,&#34; authorities said. <br> <br> Barresi later admitted that he made the claim up. He said it was because his fiancee told him her boss was mistreating female employees, authorities said. <br> <br> <br>

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