United States Attorney Carmen M.

Ortiz
District of Massachusetts

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: CHRISTINA DiIORIO-STERLING

MARCH 24, 2011 PHONE: (617)748-3356
WWW.USDOJ.GOV/USAO/MA E-MAIL: USAMA.MEDIA@USDOJ.GOV

FORMER STONEHILL COLLEGE STUDENT CHARGED

WITH MAKING THREATS AGAINST THE COLLEGE

BOSTON, Mass. - A Connecticut man was charged today in federal court with making
threats against Stonehill College.

STERLYNN ROBBINS, 23, of North Branford, Conn., was arrested today and charged
in a criminal complaint with the transmission of a threat to injure the person of another.

The complaint alleges that on March 17 and 18, 2011, ROBBINS, a former student at
Stonehill College, sent a series of text messages to a current student at Stonehill College,
threatening to blow up Stonehill College and kill two staff members of the college.

If convicted ROBBINS faces up to five years in prison, to be followed by three years of

supervised release and a $250,000 fine.

United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz; Richard DesLauriers, Special Agent in Charge
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation - Boston Field Division; Colonel Marian McGovern,
Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police; Stonehill Police Chief Peter Carnes and
Easton Police Chief Allen R. Krajcik made the announcement today. The case is being
prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney David G. Tobin of Ortiz’s Major Crimes Unit

The details contained in the complaint are allegations. The defendant is presumed to be
innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

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