Michael Whalen, the suspect in the Amber Alert case in April, changed his plea to guilty June 30. Appearing before Steven E. Thomas in Cambridge Distrct Court, the Arlington man pleaded guilty to charges of parental kidnapping and making threats, Arlington police said. Whalen received a one-year sentence for the kidnapping charge, and received a six-month sentence on the charge of making threats, to run concurrent with count one at the House of Correction, police said.

The commonwealth dropped the third count, receiving stolen property, on May 23.

Whalen had said he would kill his 6-month-old son, shoot five people and then commit suicide, a prosecutor said in court May 1, according to The Boston Globe. At the time, Whalen pleaded not guilty in Cambridge District Court to charges that included parental kidnapping.

The Arlington Police Department reported April 30 that the Amber Alert for 6-month-old Lucas Whalen of Arlington was canceled at about 7:30. The baby was brought to the Arlington police station and appeared to be in good health. Chief Fred Ryan announced the news at Town Meeting about 8:05 p.m.

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