01-17-2011, 09:51 PM
Another Death Cartel student murder, this time at RA U of Rochester:
...and a near-miss at CSUN:
Quote:Slaying plunges UR into mourning
Alan Morrell • Staff writer • January 16, 2011
Jeffrey Bordeaux Jr. was planning to study in Shanghai, China, next month, having won two scholarships to study abroad.
The 20-year-old University of Rochester student, a track star and activist at Brighton High School, was by all accounts a popular student who had a bright future.
"He had his life planned out," Bordeaux's great-uncle, Dennis Bordeaux, 63, of Rochester, said in a phone interview Saturday.
The fatal stabbing of Bordeaux at a UR fraternity house early Saturday, however, ended that promise, devastating those who knew him and bringing hundreds of students together to grieve and support each other.
Another UR student, Daren Venable, 20 and of Rochester, has been charged in the homicide at the Delta Upsilon fraternity house on the River Campus. ...
That tight-knit community was upended about 1:10 a.m. Saturday, when Bordeaux was stabbed in the upper torso during a party at Delta Upsilon on Fraternity Road. When Rochester police arrived, they found Bordeaux outside the building. He was taken to Strong Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 2:05 a.m., said Rochester Police Chief James Sheppard.
Dickman said doctors and emergency personnel administered immediate aid but were unable to revive Bordeaux.
Bordeaux graduated from Brighton High School in 2008, said Jill Vigdor-Feldman, spokeswoman for the Brighton Central School District.
Campus security detained Venable at the scene and turned him over to Rochester police, who later charged him with second-degree murder. Venable is being held at the Monroe County Jail and is to be arraigned in City Court on Monday.
The two knew each other and had a dispute, Sheppard said during an afternoon news conference, but he wouldn't elaborate beyond saying, "It didn't start that night." An argument turned into a fight, the chief said, and that led to the stabbing.
"Blows were thrown, and injuries were sustained," Sheppard said. "You have disputes, but rarely do they escalate to this level."
He did not know if Bordeaux or Venable were members of Delta Upsilon. Sheppard also did not know if alcohol had been consumed at the party, saying campus security likely would investigate that.
Several people were still at the frat house when police arrived, Sheppard said, but he was unsure how many had been there earlier. He also did not know if the assailant brought the knife to the party or left, got one and returned. ...
As a member of the high school's Black Student Union, Bordeaux helped organize presentations about African-American issues attended by the entire student body. He was recognized as part of the Urban League Early Recognition Program, designed to identify and support students with "high academic abilities," in 2005. ...
...and a near-miss at CSUN:
Quote:California student arrest may have averted disaster
By Alex Dobuzinskis
LOS ANGELES | Sat Jan 15, 2011 5:48pm EST
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Police at a Los Angeles university campus may have prevented a tragedy when they detained a deranged student later found to have a shotgun and bomb-making ingredients in his dorm room, the school's police chief said on Saturday.
California State University, Northridge, police chief Anne Glavin spoke to Reuters a day after a judge increased bail to $1 million for the student arrested in the case, David Everson, 22. Bail had previously been set at $150,000.
"Between having a shotgun and explosive material, one has to assume this could have been, at minimum, a critical incident and at worst a tragic incident," Glavin said. ...
In the case of Everson, police from California State University, Northridge, detained him on January 3, after a counselor alerted officers that the student could be a danger.
"He made direct threats to commit bodily harm or kill seven people," Glavin said. "They were all named."
Everson was immediately sent to a mental health facility, and he was later arrested upon his release from the hospital and sent to a jail for inmates with psychological problems, Glavin said.
On Friday, he pleaded not guilty to charges of possessing ingredients to make a bomb and having a firearm on campus.
Officers found the shotgun, along with ammunition, in Everson's room the same day they detained him at the counseling session, Glavin said. They went back with a search warrant the next day and found the bomb-making ingredients.
The police chief would not say what those ingredients were, but she said they would make a working bomb.
Most of the seven individuals Everson threatened to harm were students, but some were university staff members. All seven were notified of the threat and safety plans were put in place for them, Glavin said. ...