Former administrator at Ohio University charged with threats against school

Oct. 28, 2010
Man who was laid off as assistant vice president had 14 guns in his home

From The Columbus Dispatch: Police at Ohio University in Athens have found 14 guns at the house of a laid-off employee who threatened to shoot up two university buildings. Mark Hopton, formerly the university's assistant vice president for business services, has been charged with making terrorist threats after reportedly telling a university employee that he was "angry enough to shoot people in the HDL Center and HR Center."

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