Timothy Siangdun, School Shooting Threats, Michigan 2015

A Battle Creek man has been sentenced to eight months' confinement for making a Facebook post that threatened school shootings at Western Michigan University.

Timothy Siangdun, 46, was sentenced by United States District Judge Janet T. Neff on August 4, 2015, for making a Facebook post that threatened school shootings at Western Michigan University.

Siangdun made the Facebook threat following a trial and guilty verdict on related Facebook threat postings.

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Michigan was assisted in the investigation by the Springfield Department of Public Safety, Western Michigan University Department of Public Safety, Calhoun County Sheriff's Office, Calhoun County Prosecuting Attorney, Battle Creek Police Department, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Siangdun pleaded guilty to the present charges on August 4, 2015. He was sentenced to eight months' confinement and two years of supervised release for making a Facebook post that threatened school shootings at Western Michigan University.

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Michigan was assisted in the investigation by the Springfield Department of Public Safety, Western Michigan University Department of Public Safety, Calhoun County Sheriff's Office, Calhoun County Prosecuting Attorney, Battle Creek Police Department, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

U.S. Attorney Patrick A. Miles, Jr. praised federal, state, and local investigators in locating and prosecuting Siangdun. "Online threats of violence have no place in the Western District of Michigan. We will continue to use all available prosecution tools to ensure that Western Michigan universities and learning institutions are safe for faculty, staff, students, family, and the public."

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdmi/pr/2015_1106_TSiangdun