A man whose bomb threat near the U.S. Capitol forced evacuations and sparked an hourslong standoff with police in 2021 was sentenced to five years of probation Friday after a year in jail.

The suspect involved in an "active bomb threat" near the Library of Congress on Thursday surrendered to authorities in Washington, D.C.For several hours, police were locked in a tense standoff ...

WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 19: A pickup truck sits outside the Library of Congress, directly across from the U.S. Capitol, on Capitol Hill August 19, 2021 in Washington, DC.

The bomb-threat suspect, 49-year-old Floyd Ray Roseberry of North Carolina, surrendered Thursday afternoon and is in custody, said Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger.

A version of this article appears in print on Aug. 20, 2021, Section A, Page 12 of the New York edition with the headline: Man Surrenders to Police After a Bomb Threat Near the Library of Congress.

A man whose bomb threat near the U.S. Capitol forced evacuations and sparked an hourslong standoff with police in 2021 was sentenced to five years of probation Friday after a year in jail.

A man whose bomb threat near the U.S. Capitol forced evacuations and sparked an hourslong standoff with police in 2021 was sentenced to five years of probation Friday after a year in jail.