ASU student who reported gunman on campus in March now banned from Boone campus

Jason Sandford

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The Appalachian, App State’s student newspaper, has the story. The report caused a huge uproar and had everyone freaked out that a Va. Tech-type shooting was happening:

Matthew W. Haney, the Appalachian State University senior who falsified a report of a gunman on campus to police on March 3, causing a lockdown, received his sentence on June 10 in Watauga County District Court.

According to a copy of the court’s judgment obtained from Watauga County District Court, Haney pled guilty to falsifying a police report.

The sentence handed down requires Haney to pay $120 in court costs, $500 in fines and a community service fee of $200. He will no longer be allowed in the vicinity of the Appalachian campus, and the court required him to obtain a psychological evaluation within 60 days.