Yale Hoax Threat Leads To Arrest Of 50-Year-Old Man

A Westbrook man is facing multiple charges in connection with a telephoned threat against Yale University that turned out to be a hoax. Jeffrey Jones, 50, of Westbrook, has been charged with falsely reporting an incident, threatening, reckless endangerment, misuse of the emergency 911 system and breach of peace, police said.

A 911 call was received Nov. 25 from a man at a pay phone about a mile from campus who said his roommate was on the way to the university to shoot people. The call prompted a six-hour campus lockdown and a room-by-room search by SWAT teams. No one was injured. Classes weren’t in session at the time, but police said many students were still in their dorm rooms.

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