John Matthew Pinkham was arrested in Florida on Monday for allegedly using an alias to make death threats against the mother of Tyler Trent, a cancer research activist and Purdue Boilermakers superfan who died on New Year's Day.
The Associated Press reported detectives said Pinkham, 39, also made threats of violence directed toward a vigil being held in Trent's honor on the Purdue campus Wednesday night. He was held on $10,000 bail.
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