p2pnet news view | Off Topic:- George So, a senior at Colgate University, a private liberal arts college located in New York, has been ordered to pay local law enforcement agencies nearly $5,000.

In March, says The Post-Standard, So had a message on a college gossip site.

It was slugged, “I wonder if I could shut down the school,” and, “If someone put the effort into writing a big long serious suicide note informing all readers that he would kill over 100 kids, they could shut down the school,” said the text.

“In the next 24 hours, more than 50 state and local police swarmed the campus and the village of Hamilton until they tracked down So and arrested him,” says the story, going on, “So’s lawyer, Gary Bruno, said So went through the university’s judicial process and he was not suspended or expelled. Colgate spokesman Anthony Adornato confirmed that So had completed the judicial process, but could not comment on the outcome.”

He pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and received three years’ probation, says The Post-Standard, adding:

“In his letters, So said he was comforted by the quick action taken by local officials in what they perceived to be a real threat.

” ‘I am glad that the police response was so swift and efficient,’ So wrote in his letter to state police. ‘I feel safe knowing that New York’s law enforcement agencies are ready to protect in an instant’.”

The Post-Standard - Student pays for false threat, September 24, 2008

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