SJSU Grad Student Arrested for Threatening Graffiti

July 17, 2026

SJSU Grad Student Arrested for ‘Hateful and Threatening’ Campus Graffiti

The messages led to canceled classes and concern among students, faculty and staff.

San José State University

A graduate student at San José State University is facing federal criminal charges for allegedly leaving a note in a campus bathroom last fall that warned of a “mass bomb,” called to “kill all Muslims” and asserted that “this is a white nation.”