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Former Northwest student sentenced for social media threat

Conner Bryce Stottlemyre
Conner Bryce Stottlemyre
A former student at Northwest Missouri State University will serve jail time for a threat posted on a social media Web site.

Conner B Stottlemyre, 19, was found guilty of making a terroristic threat on the social media platform YIK YAK. On Tuesday mr Stottlemyre was sentenced to 30 days in jail and 5 years of probation.

The Blue Springs native has been banned from the Northwest campus or any satellite campuses. A violation of that ban could land him in prison for up to four years.

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