Suspect in custody after bomb threat at Eagle Valley Elementary

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A 35-year-old man who entered an Eagle Mountain school Monday and threatened it with explosives is in police custody.

Police identified the suspect as Christopher Craig, an Eagle Mountain resident who once served as the head men's basketball coach at the College of Eastern Utah in Price.

After three hours of negotiations Monday afternoon, Craig complied with officers' requests and was arrested and placed into custody. He was transported to the Utah County Jail where he was booked on suspicion of threat of terrorism, a second-degree felony, and misdemeanor charges of interference with an arresting officer, failure to disclose identity, disrupting operation of a school, and disorderly conduct.

Utah County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Spencer Cannon said the man had a message he wanted to share with negotiators and then obeyed all commands to be taken into custody. Craig was wearing a light green robe, a mask and a type of cap.

Read more: http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/north/eagle-mountain/suspect-in-custody-after-bomb-threat-at-eagle-valley-elementary/article_704e2186-272e-5964-b417-daff182a537d.html (Provo Daily Herald)

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Monday's incident isn't the first time Craig has run afoul of the law. According to an article published in 2014 by Sports Illustrated, Craig was previously detained in the Middle East after making threats against President Barack Obama, and after bursting into a college classroom in Arizona waving a Bible and declaring he was an “Islamic Jihadist” and threatening the destruction of Mormons and Catholics.