anapex
Member
Wife just pointed this article out to me.
http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/2563043/detail.html
Former UMd. Student Arrested For Threatening Campus Shooting Spree
Man Sent Letter To Attorney Discussing Plans To 'Blow Some Brains Out'
POSTED: 5:42 p.m. EDT October 17, 2003
UPDATED: 6:52 p.m. EDT October 17, 2003
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- A former University of Maryland student was arrested by the FBI Friday outside Pittsburgh for allegedly threatening a shooting spree at a campus building.
Jeffrey Wilinski, 40, (pictured, right) faces two federal charges for sending a letter to his former Rockville attorney Oct. 8 in which he discusses "blowing some brains out" at the A.V. Williams building, which houses the computer science department.
The FBI found at least 30 guns and at least one "large" box of ammunition at his residence in Pittsburgh, according to Jeff Killeen, a special agent in the Pittsburgh field office.
Agent Kevin Deegan said the confiscated weapons ranged from M-16s with grenade launchers to normal handguns. Investigators do not yet know whether Wilinski owned them legally, WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh reported.
"Now I want to start pulling the trigger," he wrote to attorney John Bell, according to the affidavit. "When I think about the dead bodies sprawling all over the halls at A.V. Williams, it makes me salivate."
He was arrested in Ohio Township and appeared in federal court in Pittsburgh Friday. He will have a hearing Monday to determine if he will be extradited to Maryland.
Wilinksi told a University of Maryland police officer who contacted him that he was a "mean man" who claimed the university was using satellites to photograph him and his mother.
He told the officer that satellite monitoring was like being hit by a stick all day, and "he wanted it stopped or he would come to College Park to stop it," the affidavit states.
Investigators do not know if Wilinski intended to make good on the alleged threat, but Deegan said "he certainly had the ability to carry it out. There were crates of ammunition to go along with the guns. He had an extensive collection."
Reached at her home in Pittsburgh, Wilinski's mother, Ruth, said her son has "emotional problems," but didn't elaborate.
The university restricted access to A.V. Williams Oct. 9 and posted officers at the entrances, according to campus police Maj. Paul Dillon. The step was precautionary and police did not think there was an imminent threat, he said. Police stopped guarding the building Friday.
Wilinksi enrolled as an undergraduate in 1997 and graduated in 2001 with a degree in engineering, according to university spokesman George Cathcart. He enrolled as a graduate student in the spring of 2002 but withdrew that fall.
The affidavit states Wilinski was ordered to undergo psychiatric counseling by a Montgomery County judge after being convicted of second-degree assault in 1998. He was given a five-year prison sentence and five years of probation, but the judge suspended all but one day of his prison time.
In 2000, a judge ordered he remain under the care of a psychiatrist and said he could not go off medication without medical authorization. The affidavit does not identify the condition for which he was taking medication.
Police later found Wilinksi legally owned 15 guns, worth $12,000, including two .223-caliber AR-15 Bushmaster rifles and a .50-caliber Desert Eagle pistol. But Killeen said the FBI found many more weapons during a search of his mother's home Friday.
"He had a significant arsenal for one person," Killeen said.
The university has two outstanding warrants against Wilinksi for harassing faculty and staff with e-mails in July. Police did not think those e-mails posed any immediate threat.
Wilinski was arrested in Ohio Township and made an appearance Friday in federal court in downtown Pittsburgh.
Man if 15 is a significant arsenal for one person I know a lot of us here are gonna be in trouble.
http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/2563043/detail.html
Former UMd. Student Arrested For Threatening Campus Shooting Spree
Man Sent Letter To Attorney Discussing Plans To 'Blow Some Brains Out'
POSTED: 5:42 p.m. EDT October 17, 2003
UPDATED: 6:52 p.m. EDT October 17, 2003
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- A former University of Maryland student was arrested by the FBI Friday outside Pittsburgh for allegedly threatening a shooting spree at a campus building.
Jeffrey Wilinski, 40, (pictured, right) faces two federal charges for sending a letter to his former Rockville attorney Oct. 8 in which he discusses "blowing some brains out" at the A.V. Williams building, which houses the computer science department.
The FBI found at least 30 guns and at least one "large" box of ammunition at his residence in Pittsburgh, according to Jeff Killeen, a special agent in the Pittsburgh field office.
Agent Kevin Deegan said the confiscated weapons ranged from M-16s with grenade launchers to normal handguns. Investigators do not yet know whether Wilinski owned them legally, WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh reported.
"Now I want to start pulling the trigger," he wrote to attorney John Bell, according to the affidavit. "When I think about the dead bodies sprawling all over the halls at A.V. Williams, it makes me salivate."
He was arrested in Ohio Township and appeared in federal court in Pittsburgh Friday. He will have a hearing Monday to determine if he will be extradited to Maryland.
Wilinksi told a University of Maryland police officer who contacted him that he was a "mean man" who claimed the university was using satellites to photograph him and his mother.
He told the officer that satellite monitoring was like being hit by a stick all day, and "he wanted it stopped or he would come to College Park to stop it," the affidavit states.
Investigators do not know if Wilinski intended to make good on the alleged threat, but Deegan said "he certainly had the ability to carry it out. There were crates of ammunition to go along with the guns. He had an extensive collection."
Reached at her home in Pittsburgh, Wilinski's mother, Ruth, said her son has "emotional problems," but didn't elaborate.
The university restricted access to A.V. Williams Oct. 9 and posted officers at the entrances, according to campus police Maj. Paul Dillon. The step was precautionary and police did not think there was an imminent threat, he said. Police stopped guarding the building Friday.
Wilinksi enrolled as an undergraduate in 1997 and graduated in 2001 with a degree in engineering, according to university spokesman George Cathcart. He enrolled as a graduate student in the spring of 2002 but withdrew that fall.
The affidavit states Wilinski was ordered to undergo psychiatric counseling by a Montgomery County judge after being convicted of second-degree assault in 1998. He was given a five-year prison sentence and five years of probation, but the judge suspended all but one day of his prison time.
In 2000, a judge ordered he remain under the care of a psychiatrist and said he could not go off medication without medical authorization. The affidavit does not identify the condition for which he was taking medication.
Police later found Wilinksi legally owned 15 guns, worth $12,000, including two .223-caliber AR-15 Bushmaster rifles and a .50-caliber Desert Eagle pistol. But Killeen said the FBI found many more weapons during a search of his mother's home Friday.
"He had a significant arsenal for one person," Killeen said.
The university has two outstanding warrants against Wilinksi for harassing faculty and staff with e-mails in July. Police did not think those e-mails posed any immediate threat.
Wilinski was arrested in Ohio Township and made an appearance Friday in federal court in downtown Pittsburgh.
Man if 15 is a significant arsenal for one person I know a lot of us here are gonna be in trouble.
