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Two weeks after banning a student from campus for allegedly harassing and threatening members of the University community on Facebook, University officials are working with the state Attorney General’s Office to further investigate the case.

One potential break in the case came Monday when Jamie Jackson, whose name and photos were used to threaten and harass people on Facebook, contacted The Nicholls Worth after being given the link to news articles posted on The Nicholls Worth Web site about the student who allegedly created an alias Facebook account under her name.

Jackson said the harassing messages and threats have been going on since before the summer of 2010.

Preston Stock, 18, freshman from Waggaman and former staff writer for The Nicholls Worth, admitted to sending harassing and threatening messages to at least one student and two faculty members under the alias “Jamie Jackson.”

Jackson said that she and Stock have known each other since elementary school and would often sit next to each other on the school bus. They were good friends and never had any problems. She has no idea why he chose her name.

Jackson said that around April of 2010 she received a Facebook message from Stock telling her about a fake Facebook account created under her name. This was the first time she had heard of the account.

After receiving multiple messages concerning the account, Jackson notified her friends and warned them about the fake account. They said that they knew the person behind the account was not her, because she isn’t the kind of person to send out those harassing and threatening messages.

After learning that the suspect was Stock, Jackson said that knowing “he was capable of doing something like this and that it was him is unbelievable.” Jackson said she was shocked and upset that it was a good friend.

“Before I even knew it was Preston, I was afraid to even walk down the street from my house, because I was afraid that someone would try to either jump me or fight me for something that I did not say. It was scary. I felt like I was being harassed,” Jackson said.

Although Jackson left Higgins High School in 10th grade upon moving to Texas, she was still in touch with Stock. The last time she saw Stock was when she returned to Louisiana following her high school graduation in May of 2010.

“It would have been a lot better if it was just a random person instead of someone I had a good friendship with,” Jackson said. “It goes to show that you really don’t know a person like you think you do.”

Jackson said that she plans to press charges. She stated that he has ruined her name and several friendships were negatively affected.

Stock’s disciplinary hearing for the University was held on Tuesday. Once the suggested consequences for Stock’s actions are approved, they will be given to him. The information regarding his consequences will not be made public by the University, Dial said.

The arraignment date on the criminal charges has been set in Thibodaux City Court for May 9 at 9 a.m.