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Salem student free on $5,000 bond after bomb scare
By The Associated Press, The Associated Press
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- A Salem International University student who terrified classmates by using a fake bomb in a class presentation was free on $5,000 bond Wednesday and will return to court in four to six weeks to answer for the campus scare he says he didn't mean to create.

Harrison County Magistrate Frank DeMarco said Wednesday that Joshua John Richards, 33, of Clarksburg was pleasant and cooperative when he appeared in court late Tuesday.

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Salem student free on $5,000 bond after bomb scare
By The Associated Press, The Associated Press
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- A Salem International University student who terrified classmates by using a fake bomb in a class presentation was free on $5,000 bond Wednesday and will return to court in four to six weeks to answer for the campus scare he says he didn't mean to create.

Harrison County Magistrate Frank DeMarco said Wednesday that Joshua John Richards, 33, of Clarksburg was pleasant and cooperative when he appeared in court late Tuesday.

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