Former TCU student found not guilty of assaulting Tarrant detention officer

A former TCU student accused of threatening to blow up the Fort Worth university’s campus in 2023 has been found not guilty of assaulting a Tarrant County detention officer after not receiving his lunch on time.

The jury gathered at 9 a.m. Tuesday in the 213th District Court to hear the assault case against Ahmad Peterson-Adeyanju. The 27-year-old defendant has spent time in the Tarrant County Jail since he was arrested Feb. 2, 2023, in connection to his alleged threats against Texas Christian University.

Peterson-Adeyanju still faces several charges, including terroristic threat, in connection with the TCU incident. Those will be taken up during a separate trial, according to defense attorney Eric Nickols…

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