Published May 22, 2012, 11:22 AM

Mitchell teen pleads not guilty to making terroristic threat at SDSM&T

RAPID CITY (AP) - A student accused of making a terroristic threat at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology has pleaded not guilty.

RAPID CITY (AP) - A student accused of making a terroristic threat at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology has pleaded not guilty.

Nineteen-year-old Boyce Way of Mitchell is accused of leaving a note on a school employee's desk on April 17 saying there would be violence on the Rapid City campus and mentioning a shooting and the burning of a dean's house. Police say the note contained the letters BTK, the infamous signature of a Kansas serial killer.

Way is free on bond and living with his parents in Mitchell. He faces up to five years in prison if convicted.

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