Judges uphold the 54-year sentence against man convicted in 1999 pipe bombings at FAMU

A three-judge panel rejected the appeal of Lawrence Lombardi, who in 1999 reigned terror against the FAMU campus over a month by igniting several pipe bombs in Lee Hall and Perry-Paige Building.  No one was injured in the two bombings.

Lombardi was convicted in 2000 on six charges related to setting off the pipe bombs in bathrooms. Lombardi was resentenced to 54 years in 2020 after a U.S. Supreme Court decision in a separate case led to his convictions on two of the six charges being tossed out. U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle imposed the 54-year sentence, after Lombardi contended that he should be released because of the time he had already served in prison.