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El Camino College The Union

The student news site of El Camino College

El Camino College The Union

The student news site of El Camino College

El Camino College The Union

Former student accused of threatening to kill a professor next hearing is May 2

UPDATE: changes were made to improve accuracy on 4/18 at 11 a.m.

The former student accused of threatening to kill a professor is going to have another hearing on May 2, according to the March 17 article by the Union.

English professor Cynthia Somin found out that she had been receiving numerous threats via Facebook from a former student in December 2015, according to an article by The Union.

One month later, a restraining order was denied against that student by a Torrance court judge, according to the same article.

Dashiell “Dash” Porter, 28, former student of El Camino was released on a $350,000 bail, according to another Union article.

Porter is accused of sending 13 messages to Somin after earning an unsatisfactory grade in one of Somin’s classes.

“I’m coming to kill you tomorrow!!!! (Gun’s loaded),” the final message said on Dec. 8, 2015.

In the last hearing on March 15, the defense needed more time to prepare its case against the prosecution and asked for an extension.

The judge granted it and Porter will be in court on May 2 for his next hearing.

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