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A 36-year-old Columbus, Miss., man is in custody, charged with making a bomb threat against Mississippi State University in August.
Once evacuated, MSU police secured the area and swept the buildings looking for an explosive device, assisted by the Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Office and bomb-detecting K9 units. No explosives were found. As a deterrent to similar incidents in the future, MSU officials intent to push prosecutors to seek stiff penalties against Pryor, according to Sid Salter, MSU’s Vice President for Strategic Communications.
“The university incurred financial losses and had to call on law enforcement partners for assistance, including the bomb-sniffing K9s. Schedules were disrupted and our students, faculty and staff were displaced for a time while we secured the campus.”
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