Connor Croll, the Alabama student who allegedly called in a false bomb threat to Tiger Stadium during Saturday’s game, has been released from East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on a 100,000 dollar bond.
Croll has been charged with communicating of false information of planned bombing on school property. Legal analyst Tim Meche says expect Croll’s defense to argue the threat had no teeth.
“He is just a young man who did something stupid without meaning any real harm, and without the reality being that he would do any real harm,” says Meche.
Croll reportedly told police he called in the threat to stop the game because his friend was at risk of losing money on a bet.
The stadium was swept, but the game was not canceled or disrupted as a result, and Croll’s call was traced shortly thereafter. Meche says you won’t get away with that in 2019.
“There was no real harm that was going to be caused, but these days there are consequences, even if you are joking,” says Meche.
Meche says because there never was a real threat he expects the Virginia native will be hit with probation and counseling.
“This was just joking, inconsequential behavior and I predict that there will be no jail time for this young man,” says Meche.