A Fleming College student was arrested on the weekend after writing threats on his blog.

(the blog has been taken offline)

City police Sgt. Walter DiClemente said police received a complaint Friday from someone who had read the student’s blog.

“They were disturbed and alarmed at what they read,” DiClemente said. “We were then able to identify the author.”

After the man was arrested Saturday, DiClemente said police shut down the blog.

“After events like the shooting in Virginia, it’s common to see incidents with copycat elements,” DiClemente said. “Surely we are not the only jurisdiction where there were similar threats.”

DiClemente said people often don’t realize the severe consequences to such a threat.

Fleming has five campuses, two in the Peterborough Ontario area, and is an Applied Arts and Technology Institute.

21 year old Joshua Bryn Bauman was charged with uttering death threats and mischeif and was released on bail.
He is permitted to attend classes, has to live with the person who posted his bond, but is not allowed to blog.

He was released from police custody yesterday on $3,000 bail with no deposit.

He was placed under court orders to live with his surety on Sherbrooke Street and cannot possess any weapons while his case is before the court.

He is also prohibited from going to Fleming College unless he is going to class and cannot write on any online blogs.

The Peterborough Examiner report says ‘cannot write on any blogs’ which is technically unclear - doesn’t say anything about forums, usenet, sites, email, so I’m assuming the judge, a lawyer or reporter isn’t technically literate or the court is permitting Bauman online access. 
Er, the wording is a bit convoluted, blogs are online, one cannot comment to an offline blog. You can write posts offline, but they remain offline until you put them into the template and hit publish. The intertubes can be confusing.

The newspaper quotes the college president as saying Bauman is suspended. So, how can you go to class if the college has suspended you?

Our investigation will determine what will happen. I’d prefer not to speculate on the results, but at this stage I can say that while the investigation is being carried out the student is suspended.”

Tilly said the investigation should take “a matter of weeks.”

Looks like friends, the college and the police responded quickly, Osprey Media’s online presence isn’t as adept. The court says Bauman can go to class, the college says the investigation will take weeks so he is suspended. It isn’t either or, but the article doesn’t reflect the time line. A judge saying a plaintiff can attend class does not mean the college will permit the plaintiff to attend class.

This article went online last night.
I know it’s a small paper, (Peterborough is a medium sized city of about 116 thousand people) but when the Drudge Report links to you, it’s wise to have an editor and technically saavy staff bring your work up to speed.
Osprey Media group publishes about 88 newspapers and magazines in 25 Ontario markets.