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Local police detail charges related to Jeff Brohm’s Louisville high school canceling class

Keith Farner

By Keith Farner

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Details have emerged in the case where threats against Jeff Brohm’s high school in Louisville were made after his decision to turn down the Cardinals to stay with Purdue.

St. Matthews Police and FBI officials are investing the threat where the suspect will be charged with second-degree terroristic threatening in a threat where the words “gas cans” and “matches” were used. Police also asked for the person behind a Twitter account accused of threatening Trinity High School to come forward.

School officials canceled Thursday classes late Wednesday night after police alerted them to the alleged “threat against the school due to Jeff Brohm deciding to remain at Purdue.”

Tony Cobaugh, assistant chief of police, said messages from Twitter account named “Proud Clarion,” referring to a former Kentucky Derby winner, used words that were concerning, such as “gas cans” and “matches.”

“It doesn’t matter if it was satirical,” Cobaugh said.

In the tweets, the user Proud Clarion wrote, “If Jeff Brohm doesn’t come, we burn down Trinity,” and “If you see a man running down frankfort with a gas can and wild look in his eye, its me.”

Keith Farner

A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.

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