Ossining Man Arrested for Bomb Threats Against Pace University
A 52-year-old Ossining man was arrested last Thursday by Mount Pleasant police for making threats to bomb buildings at Pace University’s Pleasantville campus.
The suspect, Ernest Brown of 237 Spring St., was a former clerical worker at the school and was reportedly upset after he was dismissed from his position, said Mount Pleasant police Lt. Robert Miliambro. Brown allegedly told another employee at the university on June 16 that he had a Molotov cocktail and told him of his plans to blow up the school, he said.
Upon receiving notice of the threat, Mount Pleasant police visited Brown’s Ossining residence, but he wasn’t home at the time. Detectives invited the suspect to Mount Pleasant police headquarters in Valhalla, where he appeared and was arrested on June 18 after confessing, police said.
It was not immediately known why Brown was no longer employed at the university.
Brown was charged with falsely reporting an incident, a felony, and was arraigned in Mount Pleasant town court on Thursday. He was held at the Westchester County Jail and had yet to make bail, which was set at $50,000 cash or $25,000 bond.
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