Vegas
05-04-2007, 06:40 PM
http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/7335071.html
A 19-year-old LSU student from Shreveport is being held on a $1 million bond, accused of telling a fellow student that he would kill U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton when she visited Baton Rouge during a campaign stop.
Richard Ryan Wargo, 10301 Evangeline, Shreveport, was booked into Parish Prison on counts of terrorizing, communicating false information of planned arson, simple possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
State District Judge Mike Erwin set the $1 million bond Thursday.
Clinton, D-N.Y., and a declared presidential candidate, is scheduled to be in Baton Rouge Saturday to give a speech during an event with the National Conference of Black Mayors. An arrest warrant for Wargo issued Thursday by LSU Police does not mention the mayors’ conference, or give a specific day or time when the threat might be carried out.
The warrant says a classmate of Wargo’s told an LSU police officer the two students were talking when Wargo made the threat.
Wargo told the other student that he was interested in committing an act of terrorism, and that it would be a "national event," the warrant says. He asked if the other student was interested in participating, the warrant says.
When asked if the act of terrorism was politically motivated, Wargo nodded his head, and said, “Hillary Clinton,” the warrant says.
According to the warrant, the other student said he assumed Wargo was talking about Clinton headquarters and told his classmate, "You know that that's only going to make her more popular."
Wargo replied: "True, but have you ever heard of a dead president?" the warrant says.
According to the warrant, Wargo indicated that he would commit the act when Clinton was in Baton Rouge to campaign for the upcoming presidential election.
A 19-year-old LSU student from Shreveport is being held on a $1 million bond, accused of telling a fellow student that he would kill U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton when she visited Baton Rouge during a campaign stop.
Richard Ryan Wargo, 10301 Evangeline, Shreveport, was booked into Parish Prison on counts of terrorizing, communicating false information of planned arson, simple possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
State District Judge Mike Erwin set the $1 million bond Thursday.
Clinton, D-N.Y., and a declared presidential candidate, is scheduled to be in Baton Rouge Saturday to give a speech during an event with the National Conference of Black Mayors. An arrest warrant for Wargo issued Thursday by LSU Police does not mention the mayors’ conference, or give a specific day or time when the threat might be carried out.
The warrant says a classmate of Wargo’s told an LSU police officer the two students were talking when Wargo made the threat.
Wargo told the other student that he was interested in committing an act of terrorism, and that it would be a "national event," the warrant says. He asked if the other student was interested in participating, the warrant says.
When asked if the act of terrorism was politically motivated, Wargo nodded his head, and said, “Hillary Clinton,” the warrant says.
According to the warrant, the other student said he assumed Wargo was talking about Clinton headquarters and told his classmate, "You know that that's only going to make her more popular."
Wargo replied: "True, but have you ever heard of a dead president?" the warrant says.
According to the warrant, Wargo indicated that he would commit the act when Clinton was in Baton Rouge to campaign for the upcoming presidential election.