Massachusetts student held on $1M bail for alleged terrorist threat

Published May 03, 2013

Associated Press

METHUEN, Mass. –  A Massachusetts high school student is held on $1 million bail on a charge that he threatened to kill people and outdo the Boston Marathon bombings.

Eighteen-year-old Cameron Dambrosio of Methuen pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Thursday in Lawrence District Court on a charge of communicating a terrorist threat. He was arrested Wednesday.

A dangerousness hearing was set for May 9.  His defense attorney declined to immediately comment on the case to reporters outside court Thursday.

Chief Joseph Solomon tells The Eagle-Tribune the threats were made on Facebook and weren't directed at a specific person or target.

Police searched his house and turned over a computer and Xbox to state police for analysis. Detectives are also looking at his Facebook page.

A message left at Dambrosio's home by The Associated Press wasn't returned Thursday.

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California college student body president is sex offender

Published April 05, 2013

Associated Press

RIVERSIDE, Calif. –  When flyers appeared at Riverside City College on April Fool's Day saying the student body president was a sex offender, students were stunned by the cruel prank. They were even more stunned when they learned it was true.

The Riverside Press Enterprise reports 40-year-old Doug Figueroa, who was elected in May, had admitted in 2005 to kidnapping and lewd acts with a boy under 14. His five-year prison sentence was suspended, and he's serving 10 years' probation.

Figueroa told the newspaper many students were aware of his status, and he is looking to change the stigma attached to some sex offenders.

College administrators released a statement saying Figueroa had notified them of his status as required, and they could find no rule keeping him from running for school office.

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