We have a brand new updated website! Click here to check it out!

Ogallala Man Gets Probation, Jail Time for UNK Bomb Threat

Matthew Skinner
Matthew Skinner

KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) — A 19-year-old student convicted of making bomb threats to the University of Nebraska at Kearney has been given probation and jail time.

Matthew Skinner, of Ogallala, was sentenced in Buffalo County Court on Thursday to 90 days in jail and two years of probation. He’d pleaded guilty to attempted threat to use or place a bomb. Court records show prosecutors lowered the original felony charge to a misdemeanor in exchange for Skinner’s plea.

Anonymous threats were posted in September against a residence hall, another building and a library.

A university spokesman wouldn’t discuss any disciplinary action Skinner might face from the student conduct board. Skinner has remained a student at the south-central Nebraska school throughout the court proceedings.

Copyright Eagle Radio | FCC Public Files | EEO Public File