Washington College Boosting Security In Wake Of Recent Threat

Washington College has increased security measures and issued a no-trespass order after a former student arrested for threatening mass violence on campus was released on bond by a Cecil County judge. The Kent County News reports Grafton Steele Howard, 25, of Chesapeake City, was released last Thursday on a $5,000 unsecured bond, two days after calling the Chestertown Police Department and threatening to shoot members of the college’s administration and public safety officers. In a message to students, faculty and staff, the college said Howard was never near campus at the time of the incident, but that “active measures are in place to prevent him from accessing our campus.”