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| Harvard student charged with bomb threat hoax |
| 2013-12-19 |
| [Pak Daily Times] A Harvard University ...home of the Best and the Brightest, contributed $878,164 to the 2008 Obama campaign. Is there a reason universities are among the top financiers of political campaigns? student was charged with making a false claim that bombs had been placed at up to four buildings on the school's campus in a bid to get out of taking a final exam, US prosecutors said on Tuesday. The prestigious Ivy League school a day earlier had evacuated four buildings from its centuries-old campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, after receiving emails that US prosecutors said on Tuesday had been sent by the 20-year-old student, Eldo Kim. The Federal Bureau of Investigation tracked Kim down at his dorm where, after being read his Miranda rights, the student "stated that he authored the bomb threat emails ... he was motivated by a desire to avoid a final exam," according to prosecutors. Kim is due in federal court in Boston on Wednesday to face one charge of making a hoax bomb report. If convicted he faces up to five years in prison, three years supervised release and a $250,000 fine. The emails sent to the Harvard University Police Department, two university officials and the Harvard Crimson student newspaper said that "shrapnel bombs" had been placed in two of four named halls, which included classroom buildings and a dorm. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Harvard student of partisan taunting creates crises to keep people from noticing his poor grades. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2013-12-19 11:23 |
| #2 More on Eldo here. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2013-12-19 10:28 |
| #1 Affluenza defense in 5, 4, 3, 2..... |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-12-19 00:20 |