Former Miner arrested after threat in Utah

(Photo: Courtesy Utah County Sheriff's Office)A former UTEP basketball player once considered one of the most promising young coaches in the nation was arrested Monday after allegedly threatening to blow up an elementary school in Utah.

Chris Craig, 35, who has struggled with mental illness, sent a rambling email to the El Paso Times before the incident began and in the email threatened to take explosives to Eagle Valley Elementary School in the town of Eagle Mountain, about 30 miles west of Provo, Utah.

"This is an American tragedy," said Rus Bradburd, a former assistant basketball coach at UTEP, who was in contact with the FBI in case they needed him to talk to Craig during the standoff…