Opening arguments began Wednesday in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, there was a shooting at a clinic in Buffalo and a former St. Thomas student was sentenced to prison after calling in a bomb threat. Chief Video Editor Emily Rudie has today’s News in :90.
Ray Ghansham Persaud sentenced to prison for St. Thomas bomb threat
Former St. Thomas student Ray Ghansham Persaud, 22, was sentenced Tuesday to one year and one day in prison for calling a bomb threat into the university on Sept. 17, 2019.
Former St. Thomas student pleads guilty to hoax bomb threats
Former St. Thomas student Ray Ghansham Persaud pleaded guilty to phoning a hoax bomb threat against St. Thomas’ St. Paul campus on Sept. 17, 2019, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday. Production Editor Justin Amaker and Sports Editor Joey Swanson have the story.
News in :90 – Oct. 23, 2019
St. Thomas is asking students to think about their own personal safety plans in case of emergencies, an Olmsted County jury will resume deliberations in the retrial of a Rochester man accused of fatally shooting a 17-year-old boy, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman is making clear that Germany will approve a further delay to Britain’s departure from the European Union. Kat Barrett has today’s News in :90.
Personal safety plans: what does that mean?
After multiple bomb threats on campus, St. Thomas is asking students to think of their own personal safety plans to use in emergencies.
News in :90 – Oct. 22, 2019
A St. Thomas student facing multiple charges in connection with hoax bomb threats at the University of St. Thomas pleaded not guilty and president Donald Trump compared the Democratic-led investigation into his handling of U.S. policy toward Ukraine to a “lynching.” Director Samantha HoangLong has today’s News in :90.
St. Thomas hoax bomb threat suspect pleads not guilty
A St. Thomas student facing multiple charges in connection with three hoax bomb threats at the University of St. Thomas pleaded not guilty Monday at the federal courthouse in Minneapolis.
News in :90 – Oct. 11, 2019
St. Thomas student faces additional federal charges in bomb hoaxes, Trump spoke in Minneapolis last night, and updates on fighting in Syria. University Affairs Editor Abby Sliva has today’s News in :90.
Grand jury indicts St. Thomas student on additional charges in bomb threat case
Ray Ghansham Persaud, 20, faces three additional federal charges in connection with hoax bomb threats over the last year at St. Thomas, according to a grand jury indictment filed Wednesday.
St. Thomas student will remain jailed in bomb threat case
A third-year St. Thomas student accused of making threatening phone calls targeting the St. Paul campus will remain jailed until at least next week following a hearing in federal court in Minneapolis on Friday.
Top Stories – Sept. 26, 2019
A St. Thomas student was charged for making three hoax bomb threats over the last six months and the St. Thomas Center for the Common Good founded Tommie Shelf in an effort to address food insecurity. Join anchors Emily Haugen and Kat Barrett for those stories and more on this edition of Top Stories.
News in :90 – Sept. 25, 2019
St. Thomas junior Ray Persaud was arrested Tuesday morning upon connection with the three bomb threats in the last six months at St. Thomas. The White House released a rough transcript of Donald Trump’s communication with Ukraine’s leader regarding his investigation of Joe Biden. Chief Video Editor Jack Stanek has today’s News in :90.
St. Thomas student charged in campus bomb threats
Ray Ghansham Persaud, 20, who is accused of making several hoax bomb threats at the University of St. Thomas over the last six months, made his first appearance Tuesday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis.
VIDEO: St. Thomas students react to classmate’s arrest in bomb threats
A St. Thomas student, Ray Persaud, was charged for making three separate bomb threats in the past six months to the University of St. Thomas. TommieMedia’s Max Collier and Owen Landrud gathered St. Thomas students’ reactions.
St. Thomas bomb threat suspect arrested
The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday an arrest and charge against St. Thomas student Ray Ghansham Persaud, 20, for hoax bomb threats against the university over the last six months, including the Sept. 17 incident.