12-06-2012, 08:52 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-06-2012, 08:57 AM by Albert Hidel.)
No, it's not who you think.
But it does make you wonder....what is the deal with all these physics mental cases?
Is it that they think their massive intellect exempts them from the standards of civilized society, or are they just such complete dorks that they never learned them in the first place?
But it does make you wonder....what is the deal with all these physics mental cases?
Is it that they think their massive intellect exempts them from the standards of civilized society, or are they just such complete dorks that they never learned them in the first place?
Quote:Suspended UA student charged with making terrorist threats, stalking
Zachary Burrell, 28, is being held on charges of stalking and making terrorist threats. His bond is set at $500,000.
By Stephanie Taylor
Staff Writer
Published: Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at 12:23 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at 12:23 p.m.
A suspended [regionally accredited] University of Alabama doctoral student has been behind bars since Friday after UA officials said he sent disturbing e-mails to them last month.
Zachary Burrell, 28, is being held on charges of stalking and making terrorist threats. His bond is set at $500,000.
The physics student sent “erratic” e-mails including video clips of a movie depicting violent acts toward university officials, according to a deposition filed in Tuscaloosa County District Court.
“The e-mails did not contain direct threats to the general campus population,” said UA spokeswoman Cathy Andreen.
Burrell was dismissed from the school in late October “for various behavioral issues,” according to the deposition. He was issued a no-trespass order that prohibited him from going to campus, Andreen said.
E-mails to staff members began Nov. 5 and continued until Nov. 28. UAPD investigators arrested him late Friday. E-mails were sent to UA President Judy Bonner, Dean of Students Tim Hebson, an associate director for academic affairs, an assistant director for judicial affairs and an astronomy professor.
“While these e-mails do not contain any direct threats, there are underlying threats as well as inferences to one movie involving violence to individuals and, more concerning, another movie involving violent acts towards university officials,” a UAPD investigator wrote in the deposition and charge sheet.
A YouTube trailer for the movie “Dark Matter” was attached to one e-mail.
The 2007 film is based on a 28-year-old physics and astronomy student at the [regionally accredited] University of Iowa who killed four faculty members and a student before taking his own life in 1991.