A 40 year-old Vincennes man has a December tenth sentencing hearing following a guilty plea in the Southern Illinois federal district court.
Ruston Berkshire admitted to one count of interstate communication with threat to injure, and one count of cyberstalking. The case stems back to a September third 2025 incident where Berkshire admitted to sending threatening messages to his alma mater- McKendree University in Lebanon, Illinois. The message indicated that Berkshire wanted to harm students at the University in a mass shooting. The cyber stalking case was from a series of incidents from 2018 to September of last year.
Berkshire could face up to ten nears in prison at the sentencing hearing on December tenth. The case was heard in the federal court in East Saint Louis, Illinois.
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