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04-18-2007, 08:25 PM
Man arrested after making threats to college
Bowie: Police holding suspect on weapons charge
07:00 PM CDT on Wednesday, April 18, 2007
By PEGGY HEINKEL-WOLFE / Denton Record-Chronicle
Bowie police arrested a 40-year-old Montague County man on a weapons charge after North Central Texas College officials reported a caller making Virginia Tech massacre-like threats.
Jeffrey Riley Hankins was booked into the Montague County jail on the charge of unlawfully carrying a weapon in a prohibited place. Bail was set at $250,000.
North Central Texas College spokesman Rodger Boyce said in a news release that the school's business office got an anonymous call late Monday from a man upset that his wife, a student at the college's Bowie campus, had not received a financial aid check. The man made vague threats with references to the shootings at Virginia Tech, the release stated.
He called again Tuesday with specific threats of violence toward a staff member, again referencing the shootings.
Mr. Boyce said NCTC officials determined the caller's identity and when he would be on campus.
According to police reports, officers found Mr. Hankins on campus about noon Tuesday with a 9mm handgun and extra ammunition in his car.
Police are continuing to investigate.
Bowie: Police holding suspect on weapons charge
07:00 PM CDT on Wednesday, April 18, 2007
By PEGGY HEINKEL-WOLFE / Denton Record-Chronicle
Bowie police arrested a 40-year-old Montague County man on a weapons charge after North Central Texas College officials reported a caller making Virginia Tech massacre-like threats.
Jeffrey Riley Hankins was booked into the Montague County jail on the charge of unlawfully carrying a weapon in a prohibited place. Bail was set at $250,000.
North Central Texas College spokesman Rodger Boyce said in a news release that the school's business office got an anonymous call late Monday from a man upset that his wife, a student at the college's Bowie campus, had not received a financial aid check. The man made vague threats with references to the shootings at Virginia Tech, the release stated.
He called again Tuesday with specific threats of violence toward a staff member, again referencing the shootings.
Mr. Boyce said NCTC officials determined the caller's identity and when he would be on campus.
According to police reports, officers found Mr. Hankins on campus about noon Tuesday with a 9mm handgun and extra ammunition in his car.
Police are continuing to investigate.