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Posted: March 10, 2009

College students plead guilty to dumping bear on campus

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ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Two Western Carolina University students have pleaded guilty to charges related to dumping a dead bear with Barack Obama signs on its head on campus.

Marvin Caleb Williams and Mathew Colton Williams were sentenced Tuesday on to two years of unsupervised probation for misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and wildlife violations. They are also banned from the university property.

Marvin Williams was 20 years when he was arrested and his brother was 18.

Maintenance workers found the 75-pound bear cub in front of the school's administration building in October. Obama campaign yard signs were stapled together and placed over the bear's head.

Western Carolina University authorities said at the time that the incident was a student prank, not a political statement.

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In the original story (which if WRAL was doing it's job they COULD reference) the bear cub was found dead and they decided to haul it to the WCU campus. FWIW it was a prank, poor taste, but a prank.
Rolling Along
March 10, 2009 5:49 p.m.
Dead bears are common in that part of the state.

In Cary too, if they come in my yard.
lizard
March 10, 2009 11:24 a.m.
In the original reports of this we also learned that the Obama sign was used to place in the bed of their truck so the animal's blood wouldn't leak onto the truck. Mostly what we saw was a silly, and harmless, prank which some of the ihatebush crowd attempted to twist into something that it wasn't. Typical of that bunch.
Justabum
March 10, 2009 10:38 a.m.
Who was hurt by their dragging a dead animal onto the campus?
Justabum
March 10, 2009 10:34 a.m.
retract....unsure if they 'hurt' the bear... I guess I should not jump to conclusions, however either way...this is rediculous
Click to view my profile npggirl
March 10, 2009 10:17 a.m.
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