Penn State roommates threatened violence on social media to avoid finals: police

Penn State roommates threatened violence on social media to avoid finals: police

The 19-year-old women admitted to making the post, which threatened a shooting and said a bomb was placed on campus.

Two PSU students charged after calling in bomb threat to get out of final exam

CENTRE COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) -- Two Penn State students are being charged with terroristic threats after police said they allegedly called in a bomb threat to a campus building to get out of a final. According to a criminal complaint, police were made aware of a threat against Penn State University Park campus the morning [...]

Two PSU Students Charged After Making False Bomb Threat To Avoid Exam

Two Penn State University roommates have been charged with making terroristic threats last month, after allegedly posting a false bomb threat on the social media app Yik Yak, to avoid a final exam.  The message alleged there was a bomb in the Forum Building on the University Park Campus, and threatened to “shoot up this place.” Penn State Police, the UPPS bomb squad, local police, and the FBI responded to the scene.  No explosives or firearms we…

Two Penn State Students Facing Charges After Social Media Post Threatened To Disrupt Final Exam

Two Penn State University Park students are facing criminal charges after police say a false threat was posted on social media in an effort to disrupt a final exam last December. According to an affidavit of probable cause filed by Penn State University Police, 18-year-old Madeline C. Steczkowski of Connecticut used the location-based social media app Yik Yak on December 16 to post that there was a bomb in the Forum Building and threatened to “s…

Penn State Roommates Accused of Making Social Media Threat to Disrupt Final Exam

Two Penn State students are facing charges for what police say was a false threat intended to disrupt a final exam in December at a University Park classroom building. Madeline C. Steczkowski, 18, of Connecticut is accused of using the location-based social media app Yik Yak on Dec. 16 to claim there was a bomb in the Forum Building and threaten to "shoot this place up" after her roommate Carolyn E. Kahn, 18, of Florida, complained about an exam…