Trans couple issued subpoenas in Pitt bomb threat case

The US District Attorney’s office issued subpoenas on Thursday to two former Pitt-Johnstown students. The couple, Seamus (22) and Katherine Anne (56), of Cambria County, have been identified by the FBI as people of interest in the case of bomb threats at Pitt.

Over the past two months, over 30 bomb threats against buildings on the main campus have greatly disrupted university life. Seamus was an honors student at Pitt-Johnstown last fall, but was arrested and later expelled by the university for continuing to use the bathroom facilitates of the gender he identifies with – defying the university’s policy of only allowing students to use bathrooms which correspond with the sex on their birth certificates. Both Seamus and Katherine Anne identify as transgender. While the bathroom discrimination case is making its way through the university, this recent development comes as a surprise to many Pitt students. In a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article published today, Seamus and Katherine Anne deny any involvement with the bomb threats.

Seamus and Katherine Anne will appear on Tuesday before a grand jury. We will post more information as it becomes available.

More information with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

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