Student allegedly threatened Clinton
A Louisiana State University student has been jailed on charges that he threatened to blow up Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton during a campaign stop in Baton Rouge, police said Saturday.
Freshman Richard Ryan Wargo, 19, was arrested Thursday after a fellow student told police that Wargo had said he wanted to kill Clinton.
Clinton of New York is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination. She spoke Saturday to the National Conference of Black Mayors in the Louisiana capital.
A state judge set bail at $1 million.
LSU police spokesman Lawrence Rabalais said Saturday that Wargo “was thinking about blowing somebody up. Then he kept talking and said he was talking about blowing up Sen. Clinton here in Baton Rouge.”
According to the Baton Rouge Advocate, the arrest warrant said Wargo told his friend he wanted to commit an act of terrorism that would be a “national event” and involve Clinton.
He has been charged with terrorizing and several other crimes, including marijuana possession.
Rabalais said police increased security for the Clinton appearance, which proceeded without incident.
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