Charges filed against Eagle Mountain school bomb threat suspect

Christopher D. Craig Photo: Utah County Sheriff's Office

EAGLE MOUNTAIN, Utah, Sept 24, 2016 (Gephardt Daily) — Formal charges have been filed against the Eagle Mountain man who was taken into custody on Sept. 19 after police say he threatened to blow up Eagle Valley Elementary School.

Christopher D. Craig, 35, of Eagle Mountain, was arrested after three hours of negotiations with police, according to Sgt. Spencer Cannon of the Utah County Sheriff’s Office.

On Friday, Craig was formally charged with threat of terrorism, a second-degree felony; interference with arresting officer, a Class B misdemeanor; failure to disclose identity, a Class B misdemeanor; disrupting operation of a school, a Class B misdemeanor; and disorderly conduct, a Class C misdemeanor.

On Friday, a judge ordered that Craig be held in the Utah County Jail without bail.

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