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Man reports innocent ex-wife as ‘terrorist’ to authorities

A Queens man called 911 to report that a woman flying to New York City from India was a “terrorist” involved in a “plot” – even though she was really his innocent ex-wife, according to his Brooklyn federal court complaint.

Jacob Thomas, 51, phoned 911 twice on July 5, 2014 to falsely report that a woman named “Shakeela” was “traveling to commit some type of terrorist act,” the complaint states.

Law enforcement agents who investigated the call found that there was a Shakeela traveling to JFK Airport from India but when they met her at the airport to search and question her they found no evidence of terrorism.

Thomas had recently expressed anger that his ex-wife was visiting the US and when federal agents questioned him he apologized for wasting their time, his complaint states.