JSU Threat

Jacksonville State University officials cautioned students and faculty about a verbal threat from an out-of-state individual directed at a couple of individuals on campus for Homecoming weekend, but want to assure the public that it was not a threat against the university.  JSU Public Relations Director Buffy Lockette said the University Police Department received a report from individuals about threats made against them by another individual as a result of a domestic relationship.  “They were frightened,” Lockette said, and turned to the police. The subject who made the threat is not affiliated with the college and is not a student.  According to JSU’s notification, university police worked with out-of-state law enforcement officers in evaluating the threat, and the subject alleged to have made the threat has been arrested.  Lockette said the individual was charged with making a terroristic threat, even though the threat was against specific people.  The subject has been freed on bond.  In the meantime, the university, in accordance with the Clery Act, which establishes a procedure for college campuses to provide timely notification, alerted students to the threat.