Report: Alabama students arrested for defacing LSU logo
Two Alabama students who sneaked into Tiger Stadium late Friday night/early Saturday morning and defaced the LSU logo were arrested for trespassing.
The students are both from Maryland and were charged with criminal trespassing Saturday, according to ESPN’s Marty Smith. They were issued a summons and released by the LSU Police Department.
Spoke w David Taylor, LSU asst AD event mgmt. Told me two guys jumped fence, were arrested at midfield.
He got call at 3am.— Marty Smith (@MartySmithESPN) November 5, 2016
Spoke to LSU PD officer Kevin Scott: Confirms Timothy Foley & Sean McGinity, both 18 y/o Bama students from MD, charged w criminal trespass.
— Marty Smith (@MartySmithESPN) November 5, 2016
One of the students posted about the actions on Snapchat:
Image obtained by The Advocate shows one of two arrested Alabama fans on damaged Eye of Tiger logo. #LSU Story: https://t.co/SsE4kizWDF pic.twitter.com/GqcAA6WKc8
— The Advocate (@theadvocatebr) November 6, 2016
You can see what the Tiger eye at midfield looked like after the students got done defacing it:
Grounds crew tells me couple fans broke into Tiger Stadium Friday night and scratched the eye of the Tiger. Re-painting now. pic.twitter.com/72jzkYm0qT
— Marty Smith (@MartySmithESPN) November 5, 2016
Alabama defeated LSU 10-0.
