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                <text>By Anita Pere&#13;
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Baylor alumnus David Paul Cunningham, who in May threatened to destroy various buildings on Baylor&amp;#39;s main campus, received three years of probation Thursday in a U.S. district court.&#13;
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According to his attorney, Vik Deivanayagam, Cunningham, 34, was able to avoid prison time due to mental instability stemming from a serious head injury incurred while playing rugby at Baylor.&#13;
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Cunningham faced a total of 20 years in prison for two felony counts of "maliciously conveying false information."&#13;
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On May 1, Cunningham called a Baylor switchboard operator and told her he planned to place diesel drums in the basements of every building at Baylor, according to court records.&#13;
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Cunningham said he would take this action in response to his perceived involvement of Baylor in the Virginia Tech shootings.&#13;
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The Baylor Police Department was able to trace the call to a hotel room in Tyler, Cunningham&amp;#39;s hometown.&#13;
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The next day, Cunningham called Baylor Police Chief Jim Doak, threatening bodily harm. Again, he mentioned the Virginia Tech incident.&#13;
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The call was traced to the same hotel room. The Tyler Police Department arrested Cunningham later that day.&#13;
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"The justice system worked as it is supposed to," Doak said of the sentencing.&#13;
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According to an article appearing in the Waco Tribune-Herald, Deivanayagam was able to convince U.S. District Judge Walter J. Smith Jr. that Cunningham did not grasp the levity of these threats and did not plan on carrying them out.&#13;
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Deivanayagam said Cunningham was more or less "blowing off some steam."&#13;
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Also in the article, Cunningham apologized to Judge Smith and said, "I just don&amp;#39;t have a lot of tact in dealing with police enforcement."&#13;
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Cunningham wrapped up his court statement by saying he wanted to see the elephants at the zoo in Tyler.&#13;
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According to Baylor Lariat archives, Cunningham was kneed in the head during a scrimmage against the University of Texas in 1995. Cunningham suffered a concussion, a broken nose and a skull fracture.&#13;
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He missed two weeks of school and his injuries required cosmetic surgery.&#13;
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Cunningham graduated the next spring with a degree in engineering.&#13;
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He was expelled for undisclosed reasons as a graduate student in 2001&#13;
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Original Source: The Lariat&#13;
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