Southern Miss (USM) student arrested on threat charge

[Maddy McCall]

Source: Hattiesburg American

Wednesday evening, many University of Southern Mississippi students remained unaware of a classmate's arrest or its details.

Purvis resident and Southern Miss student Charles Wanwright, 25, is being held in the Forrest County Jail, charged with posting threats to the Internet.

Wanwright was arrested around noon Wednesday, campus officials said, after a faculty member reported to university police that the student had made threats through www.MySpace.com, a popular online networking site that allows users to communicate via pictures, e-mail, an instant messenger service, bulletins and blog entries.

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The chief said it's too early in the investigation to release specifics, but did say authorities believe Wanwright may own weapons.

Before acting on reports of a threat, Hopkins said, investigators must determine if the threat is credible - and part of that is determining if the accused has the ability to carry out the threats.

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Scary. Sounds like the UPD thought the threats were credible.

[merh]

1. Man, they said all sorts of things are happening on campuses

all over the nation. It's just so weird when it is at your alma mater.
Maybe he was looking for attention and this gets him the attention he needs. :scared:

:hi:

[Maddy McCall]

2. I heard on the radio last night...

that whatever his website said had been posted before the VT thing. If I had a myspace, I'd be combing through it right now to make sure that NOTHING I have said could be misconstrued as a threat.

IF UPD jumped the gun (bad pun, and certainly not intended), then this kid's life has been marred. I'm trusting that the authorities took that into consideration before they arrested this kid, released his name, and published his photo. Evidently, his threats were unambiguous.

Lots of kids post stuff on myspace that could come back to haunt them.

:hi:

[merh]

3. as you and I both know

lots of folks post things on the internet that can come back to haunt them or can be used to hurt them.

We are the pioneers of a new frontier, full of excitement and dangers to be discovered as we progress.

:hi:

[Maddy McCall]

4. Good point.

:rofl:

[demnan]

They will use this VT thing to attack

peace and impeachment people and ruin our lives before this is all said and done.

[marshall]

5. Everybody's afraid of jumping the gun

VT was reportedly afraid of getting sued. People at the airport are being sued by the Imams they reported. I think we are going to become a lot more vigilant--Foucault called it the panopticon. Everybody is going to be watching everybody else.