LSU Student Held In Hillary Death Threat

MAY 4--A Louisiana college student has been charged with threatening the life of Hillary Clinton, whom the man said he would kill when she visited Baton Rouge. Richard Wargo, a 19-year-old Louisiana State University freshman, was arrested yesterday after he allegedly told a fellow student that he wanted to commit an act of terrorism and wanted to know if the classmate was interested in participating. The planned terror act, Wargo told the other student last month, would be a 'national event' and mentioned Clinton's name when asked if it was politically motivated, according to the below search warrant. Clinton is scheduled to speak tomorrow in Baton Rouge in connection with the National Conference of Black Mayors gathering. When Wargo's classmate told him that an attack on Clinton would make her even more popular, he responded, according to the warrant, 'True, but have you ever heard of a dead president?' Wargo, a physics major, was arrested after his classmate yesterday contacted university police and reported his statements. During a search last night of Wargo's dormitory room, investigators seized a laptop computer, cell phone, and several containers of marijuana, according to an inventory sheet. Charged with terrorizing and an arson rap, Wago is being held on $1 million bond at the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office, where the mug shot at right was taken. (3 pages)