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Alexander Song
Disturbing the orderly conduct of a school; misuse of telephone facilities
- Defendant
- Alexander Song
- Reddit role
- user
- Charge
- Disturbing the orderly conduct of a school; misuse of telephone facilities
- Jurisdiction
- Prince George's County District Court, Maryland
- Date
- 2012-03
- Sentence
- 3 years supervised probation with a 6-month suspended jail sentence
Summary
Alexander Song, a University of Maryland student, posted statements online, including on Reddit, threatening a shooting on the College Park campus. A former student saw the threat on Reddit and alerted authorities, and police tracked the messages to a campus IP address. No weapons were found, and he was taken for psychiatric evaluation. He pleaded guilty to misdemeanors and was sentenced to supervised probation with a suspended jail sentence.