Shuttle driver sentenced for threatening VA employees

OMAHA, Neb. -- An Omaha woman was sentenced for threatening to kill veterans affairs employees.

53-year-old Tina Hardin of Omaha was sentenced Monday to time served for threatening a federal official.

Officials say Hardin has already served 14 months in prison.

She will now serve a three-year term of supervised release with conditions regarding mental health treatment.

Authorities say the incident happened last year. Hardin made homicidal and suicidal statements to the VA medical staff.

Hardin was a shuttle driver for the VA at the time. Her stated plan was to gather weapons and shoot and kill two dispatchers and a supervisor in the shuttle service.