Teen Accused Of Making Terrorist Threat Against Marist Appears In Court

SOUTHWEST DUTCHESS, N.Y. -- A Poughkeepsie teen accused of making terroristic threats via Twitter that forced Marist College to go on lockdown recently, was scheduled to appear in court Tuesday, according to Time Warner Cable News.

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K Reakes

11/24/2015 7:00 p.m.

Frank Brink, 16, who has no prior criminal history and has already pleaded not guilty to making a terroristic threat, is currently at the Dutchess County Jail on $50,000 bail or $75,000 bond.

According to the DailyNews.com, on Thursday, Nov. 12, a tweet surfaced warning college employees not to go to work on Friday.

“If you work at Marist I strongly advise you don’t attend school tomorrow,” read the tweet, posted at 10:51 p.m. “There is going to be a big surprise. You have been warned,” reported the DailyNews.com.

Several hours later, the same poster followed up another threat:“Brb...Going to shoot up Marist College,” the poster wrote, said the DailyNews.com.

The threats affected the college's more than 4,692 full-time students and 328 graduate students, as well as teachers and staff.

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