A McKendree College alumnus from southwestern Indiana accused of threatening a mass campus shooting back in the year 2025 and stalking a university employee for years has plead guilty in U.S. federal court In East St. Louis.
40-year-old Rustin Berkshire from Vincennes was arrested in September of 2025 on charges of Interstate Communication with a Threat to Injure and Stalking.
Authorities say that he had threatened severe injury to both students and staff at the school and had also been stalking a university staff member since September of 2018. Berkshire sent threatening messages by electronic media and mail. The 2,500-student liberal arts college in Lebanon, Illinois located 20 miles east of St. Louis then reported the threats and investigation began by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Illinois State Police, and the Vincennes Police Department.
Sentencing is scheduled for Thursday, December 10th. Berkshire remains in custody pending sentencing.
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