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Chief: Ind. man wasn’t serious about school threat

By Rick Callahan
Published December 16, 2012 11:06pm ET
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Chief: Ind. man wasn’t serious about school threat
Von. I. Meyer, 60, of Cedar Lake, Ind., is seen in an undated photo provided by the Lake County Sheriff’s Department. Meyer, who allegedly threatened Friday to "kill as many people as he could" at Jane Ball Elementary School in Cedar Lake was arrested Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012 by officers who later found 47 guns and ammunition hidden throughout his home. Meyer's home is less than 1,000 feet from the school and linked to it by trails and paths through a wooded area, police said. (AP Photo/Lake County Sheriff’s Department) | AP

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A northern Indiana police chief said Sunday he believes a man arrested after allegedly threatening to “kill as many people as he could” at a school was just bluffing when he made the ominous remark during a heated argument with his wife.

Interim Cedar Lake Police Chief Jerry Smith said Von I. Meyer, 60, was arguing early Friday morning with his wife and initially threatened to set her on fire while she was sleeping at their home.

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