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'Just Planted a 2nd B0mb in the Chancellor's Office': A Yik Yak Threat at UNL

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Confirmed Threat

In early September 2021, an anonymous Yik Yak post threatened a bomb in University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Ronnie Green's office. After Yik Yak flagged the August 31 post, UNL Police evacuated and searched the second floor of Canfield Administration with an explosive-detection K9 and found nothing. A UNL freshman, 18-year-old Jude Almquist, was arrested in November 2021 and charged with making terroristic threats; he later entered a pretrial diversion program.

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University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Public R1 · NE
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Confirmed Timeline

Alert Sequence

2 messages in sequence

Some alert texts below are approximate reconstructions from news coverage, not confirmed verbatim transcripts. Reconstructed texts are shown in italic with a dashed border. Verified verbatim texts have a solid border and are marked accordingly.

INITIAL ALERTEmail
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UNL Police are investigating an online threat referencing the Chancellor's office in Canfield Administration. As a precaution, a portion of the building has been evacuated and is being searched by police with an explosive-detection K9. Please avoid the area until further notice.

This text has been reconstructed from news coverage and may not reflect the exact original wording.

The threatening Yik Yak post ('Just planted a 2nd B0mb in the chancellors office!!!') was made August 31, 2021 and flagged to UNLPD, which responded on September 6, 2021.
Classified as an advisory rather than a campuswide emergency notification because the response was a targeted precautionary evacuation and search of part of Canfield Administration.
Exact UNL Alert wording was not published; the building, the K9 search, and the precautionary evacuation are confirmed by multiple outlets, so this is an honest reconstruction.
ALL CLEAREmail
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UNL Police have completed a search of Canfield Administration with an explosive-detection K9 and found no explosive materials. The building is safe and normal operations may resume. The investigation into the source of the threat continues.

This text has been reconstructed from news coverage and may not reflect the exact original wording.

The explosive-detection K9 unit found no explosive materials in Canfield Administration; the building was cleared the same day.
This is a true all-clear: it stated the building was safe and lifted the precautionary measures while noting the investigation continued.
The suspect was not identified until later; Jude Almquist voluntarily spoke with police on September 8, 2021 and was arrested November 11, 2021.
Context

Background

The September 2021 incident at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (a public R1 in Lincoln, Central Time) was an early campus example of a Yik Yak-driven bomb threat. According to the Daily Nebraskan, a Yik Yak supervisor left a voicemail flagging an August 31 post reading 'Just planted a 2nd B0mb in the chancellors office!!!'; UNLPD responded September 6 by evacuating and searching the second floor of Canfield Administration, where Chancellor Ronnie Green's office is located, with an explosive-detection K9 that found nothing. KLKN and the Lincoln Journal Star reported that 18-year-old freshman Jude Almquist, who admitted making the posts 'as a joke,' was arrested November 11, 2021 and charged with terroristic threats; he was later placed in a pretrial diversion program. The anonymity of the app delayed identification even though the threat targeted a specific, locatable office.
Analysis

Key Findings

An anonymous Yik Yak post on August 31, 2021 threatened a bomb in UNL Chancellor Ronnie Green's office
UNL Police evacuated and searched the second floor of Canfield Administration with an explosive-detection K9 on September 6, 2021; no device was found
Freshman Jude Almquist, 18, was arrested November 11, 2021 on a terroristic-threats charge and admitted making the posts 'as a joke'
Almquist was later placed in a pretrial diversion program; the app's anonymity delayed identifying the source
Outcome
The K9 search of Canfield Administration found no explosive materials. UNL freshman Jude Almquist, 18, was arrested in November 2021 on a terroristic-threats charge and admitted making the posts 'as a joke.' He was later placed in a pretrial diversion program.
Provenance

Sources

  1. Student Paper
    UNL student arrested following multiple threats to Chancellor Green on Yik Yak - Daily Nebraskan
    dailynebraskan.com
  2. News
    UNL student arrested after threatening chancellor on Yik Yak, police say - Lincoln Journal Star
    journalstar.com
  3. News
    UNL Freshman arrested after posting bomb threats to social media towards University Chancellor - KLKN
    klkntv.com
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