The Orange County Criminal Lawyer Blog
A Minnesota college student was taken into custody after the authorities said he made multiple threats involving a campus fraternity and was later found carrying weapons.
According to court documents, the investigation began when a fraternity member alerted campus public safety at a university in St. Cloud. The student claimed another individual had allegedly been making statements about carrying out a shooting at the fraternity house after being rejected from joining.
The situation escalated weeks after an earlier incident in which the suspect allegedly believed someone had been sent to attack him. The authorities said he later confronted a fraternity member on campus, approaching from behind in a skyway and questioning whether that person had arranged the prior assault. During that encounter, he allegedly made threatening remarks, including statements about killing whoever was responsible and suggesting he would act even if the person he was speaking to was involved.