2 Sentenced for Serving Pet Koi to Frat
Two former fraternity brothers avoided jail time for stealing a beloved jumbo goldfish that belonged to UC Santa Cruz.
The men were drunk when they stole Goldie -- an 18-inch koi carp that lived in a pond owned by the university -- fried it and fed it to fraternity pledges last summer.
Casey Loop, 23, of San Jose and Matthew Cox, 22, of Santa Cruz pleaded no contest to misdemeanor grand theft and vandalism charges last month.
On Friday, a Santa Cruz County Superior Court judge sentenced Loop to 300 hours of community service. Cox, who immediately apologized for the prank after the incident, was sentenced to 200 hours. They faced a maximum penalty of two years in jail.
As part of their sentences, each will have to work 40 hours at a Japanese institute that has a pond filled with koi fish.
The incident was filmed for the MTV series “Fraternity Life,” but never aired. Prosecutors used subpoenas to obtain outtakes bearing incriminating evidence.
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