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Jamestown (CSi) 19 year old Robert Flores, a former University of Jamestown student was sentenced to serve 65 days in the Stutsman County Correctional Center for terrorizing.

Southeast District Court Judge Thomas Merrick,  sentenced Flores to 72 days, with credit given for seven days served.

Flores will not be entitled to work release, and the court waived all fines and fees. Flores will also keep the right to vote and hold any future public office, except during his time in jail. No probation was ordered.

Terrorizing is a Class C felony with a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

Flores, originally from Southgate, California, and now residing in Valley City, was found guilty on April 22, 2014, of terrorizing by a 12-person jury in Southeast District Court in Jamestown April 22, and was sentenced on Tuesday this week.

Flores was accused of threatening to kill and drink the blood of three University of Jamestown students in satanic rituals. The alleged threats resulted in the university being placed on lockdown for about an hour on November 7, 2013.

Flores was found later that morning in downtown Jamestown and taken into custody.

 

Previously…

Jamestown (CSi) A former University of Jamestown student, 19 year old Robert Flores, Tuesday was found guilty of terrorizing Tuesday in Southeast District Court, in Jamestown. The jury of five men and seven women deliberated for about four hours before reaching the verdict.

Robert Flores, originally from Southgate, California, currently living in Valley City, showed no emotion as the verdict was read.

He, his family and William Mackenzie, court-appointed defense attorney, declined to comment on the verdict.

Prosecuting attorney Katherine Marilyn Naumann, said she was pleased with the decision and commended the judge and jury for the decision.

Flores was accused of threatening to kill and drink the blood of three University of Jamestown students in satanic rituals. The threats resulted in the university campus being placed on lockdown for about an hour on November 7, 2013. No one was hurt in the incident.

He was picked up by Jamestown Police later that morning in downtown Jamestown.

Testifying in his own behalf, Flores said he had no recollection of the time period due to a combination prescription drugs and ingesting two or more bottles of cough syrup each day.

A sentencing date for Flores will be set later. The charge, a Class C felony, carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

Previously

Jamestown (CSi) The trial of a former University of Jamestown student, Robert Flores started Monday morning in Southeast District Court in Jamestown.

Jury selection started for a 12-person jury selected from a pool of 30 potential jurors.. Judge Thomas Merrick is scheduled to preside over the trial, expected to last two days.

Prior to jury selection no plea agreement was reached.

Flores is accused of terrorizing, a Class C felony, in a November 7, 2013 incident, with the charge stemming from allegations he threatened to kill and drink the blood of certain UJ students.

The incident resulted in a lockdown of the UJ campus for about one hour. No one was injured in the incident.

Flores was picked up in downtown Jamestown.

On Monday, three University of Jamestown students testified about fears that Flores may have been planning ritualistic killings, which prompted them to notify campus officials.

The students testified that they had known Flores as a friendly and easygoing student from the start of the university’s school year until early November.

Jamestown Police Lt. John Gletne identified the three girls referred to in Flores’ text message as University of Jamestown students.

The trial is scheduled to resume today at 8:30 a.m. with the prosecution continuing to call witnesses. If convicted, Flores faces up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.