An 80-year-old man with a knife and a long criminal history allegedly tried to approach Elizabeth Smart on Monday while she was speaking at an Indiana State University event, police tell People.
Claude Hudson is charged with battery for allegedly punching a school police officer who intercepted him as he moved toward Smart, according to Isu Police Chief Joseph Newport, who says he doesn’t think the man meant any harm.
Authorities say there is no connection between Hudson and Smart, 29, who was appearing on the Terre Haute, Indiana, campus to speak about overcoming hardship. Chief Newport says that Hudson has a decades-long criminal history,...
Claude Hudson is charged with battery for allegedly punching a school police officer who intercepted him as he moved toward Smart, according to Isu Police Chief Joseph Newport, who says he doesn’t think the man meant any harm.
Authorities say there is no connection between Hudson and Smart, 29, who was appearing on the Terre Haute, Indiana, campus to speak about overcoming hardship. Chief Newport says that Hudson has a decades-long criminal history,...
- 2/3/2017
- by Adam Carlson and Christine Pelisek
- PEOPLE.com
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