Friday, August 3, 2012
William Koberna taken off court ordered GPS monitoring device
The Kent State University student at the center of a Twitter threat controversy is no longer facing a felony charge in the case following a court hearing this morning. Portage County Municipal Court Judge Barbara Oswick this morning reduced a first-degree felony charge of inducing panic originally filed Monday against William Koberna, 19, of Brunswick, to a first-degree telecommunications harrassment charge. The lesser charge stemmed from an indictment issued on the telecommunications charge Thursday by a Portage County grand jury. Kent State Police charged Koberna Monday with inducing panic, a fifth-degree felony, and aggravated menacing, a first-degree misdemeanor, after Koberna reportedly posted a message on Twitter in which he …
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Wednesday, August 1, 2012
William Koberna is accused of threatening to open fire on the university campus
The student who threatened to open fire on the Kent State University campus has been suspended. William Koberna, 19, of Brunswick, was placed on interim suspension by university officials Tuesday. Kent State spokesperson Eric Mansfield said in an email that the interim suspension is "pending due process of criminal charges." Kent State Police charged Koberna Monday with inducing panic, a fifth-degree felony, and aggravated menacing, a first-degree misdemeanor, after Koberna reportedly posted a message on Twitter in which he threatened to use a fire arm on campus. He was arrested on the charges and released on a $4,900 bond Monday. A preliminary hearing on the charges is set for Friday morning in the Kent Municipal Court. As part of his …
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
William Koberna, 19, of Brunswick, charged with inducing panic after threatening to open fire on campus
The Kent State University student who threatened to open fire on campus has been released from jail on bond pending further court hearings on charges of aggravated menacing and inducing panic. William Koberna, 19, of Brunswick, was released on bond Monday afternoon after being arrested Sunday on the charges, which stemmed from a message he posted on Twitter threatening to use a fire arm on campus. Aside from the criminal charges, Koberna faces university hearings that could lead to his suspension or dismissal. What do you think? Should Kent State dismiss or suspend Koberna in light of recent deadly mass shootings in public?
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Monday, July 30, 2012
University president named as victim in case; William Koberna to be released on bond
The Kent State University sophomore who threatened to open fire on campus has been barred from setting foot on university grounds. William L. Koberna, 19, of Brunswick, was barred from setting foot on campus today as one condition of his release on bond just one day after being arrested on charges of inducing panic and aggravated menacing. Koberna was arraigned this afternoon in Portage County Municipal Court on the charges, which stemmed from a message he posted on Twitter threatening to use a fire arm on campus. The tweet, posted this month, reportedly included profanity directed at Kent State President Lester Lefton and also stated "I'm shooting up your school ASAP," according to Ohio.com. Koberna was set to be released from the Portage…
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University police release booking photo of William Koberna
Editor's note: find coverage of Koberna's court appearance here. Kent State University police this morning released the booking photo of the 19-year-old sophomore charged with threatening to open fire on campus. William Koberna, of Brunswick, will be arraigned this afternoon by Portage County Municipal Court Judge Barb Oswick on charges of inducing panic, a fifth-degree felony, and aggravated menacing, a first-degree misdemeanor. Koberna is being held in the Portage County jail until his arraignment. He was arrested Sunday at his home in Brunswick after posting a tweet on his Twitter account in which he threatened to use a fire arm on campus. The tweet reportedly included profanity directed at Kent State President Lester Lefton and also …
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Kent4Life
10:06 am on Monday, August 27, 2012
Good timing on behalf of the idiot to tweet something like that.....Kudos to Kent State for taking advantage of the opportunity to have Media exposure more ›