BANGOR – A student at the Loring Job Corps Center was charged on Monday in U.S. District Court with threatening his fellow students and staff members at the training center on the former Loring Air Force Base.

If convicted, Edward W. Dexter, 19, of Limestone faces up to five years in federal prison or a fine of up to $250,000.

Dexter remained Tuesday in Penobscot County Jail after appearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Margaret Kravchuk in federal court in Bangor. Kravchuk ruled on Monday that Dexter could be released on $5,000 unsecured bond if an appropriate custodian, such as a parent or guardian with whom he could live, was found.

He has been a student at the center since April, according to court documents. Information about where Dexter lived before he was accepted into the Job Corps program was not available Tuesday afternoon.

Dexter was arrested on Friday at the center. He allegedly posted the threats on a school-owned computer.

“I’d love to see a massacre in Job Corps,” Dexter reportedly wrote in a posting dated Aug. 11 on LiveJournal.com, according to court documents. “I’d love for someone to just start shooting at people in the cafe and watch them all run screaming, trying to salvage their meaningless lives.”

Dexter also allegedly wrote that same day that he had “made a hit list.”

“I’ll post it here and go back and update it when need be,” he said in a post on Aug. 11, according to court documents. “I’d love to see these people die. So rude, so ignorant.”

LiveJournal.com is an Internet blog site.

No list was submitted with the documents filed in federal court on Monday. Other postings Dexter allegedly made included biblical quotes and photos of a plane hitting one of the Twin Towers on Sept. 11, 2001.