Arrest Made in April UConn Bomb Threat Investigation

A Wethersfield man was arrested Wednesday for calling in a bomb threat to the University of Connecticut in the spring, Eyewitness News reports.

Twenty-year-old Matthew J. Tollis, who is not a UConn student, was charged with first-degree conspiracy to commit threatening, first-degree conspiracy to commit falsely reporting an incident and second-degree conspiracy to commit breach of peace, according to the news station.

On April 3, an employee in the “Tasker” admissions building at UConn’s Storrs campus received a threatening phone call from someone claiming that bombs were in the building and that he would kill people inside.

Classes were canceled and the Tasker Building was evacuated around 9:30 a.m., and the school sent out a notice warning people to stay away from the area. No explosives were found following a search.

UConn police determined that a group of people were involved with calling in the threat, and the investigation is ongoing. It is unknown if more arrests will be made.

Tollis was released and will appear at Rockville Superior Court on Sept. 11.

Read the full story at Eyewitness News.

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