UB student charged with posting alleged threat on social media

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — The Erie County Prosecutor’s Office announced that Abdul K. Badjie, 18, of Newburg, New York, was arraigned in Amherst Municipal Court on one count of charge of attempted terroristic threat and one count of attempted terroristic threat. a threat of massive damage.

Badjie is accused of posting a threat on social media against people attending a protest organized by the Jewish Student Union on the university’s north campus on May 6.

He was issued a citation and is scheduled to return July 18 for a felony hearing. If convicted of the highest charge, he faces a maximum sentence of four years in prison.

The prosecutor’s office said he was released on his own recognizance on the condition that he must not access any UB property unless a specific directive from the University allows him to do so. access.