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Mingus Superintendent Tim Foist: “In today’s society, any threat is serious ... It was a threat to bring harm to the crowd. He wants to go out in style.”

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Threat of violence against Mingus graduation
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COTTONWOOD - The Cottonwood Police Department received a threat on Tuesday of violence that would occur during the Mingus Union Friday night graduation ceremony. Mingus Superintendent Tim Foist said the police then brought the threat to school officials."Chief Fanning brought it to Tamara Addis and me on Tuesday," Foist told the Verde Independent. "In today's society, any threat is serious."Foist and police would not elaborate Friday morning on the exact type of violence the threat contained.

By Philip Wright May 27, 2011
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