Students Deny Scrawling Offensive Graffiti
Two college students charged with leaving racially offensive graffiti in a Cal State Chico dormitory pleaded not guilty in Butte County Superior Court to felony vandalism, which could carry a penalty of up to three years in prison.
A judge scheduled Timothy Simmons, 21, and Deric Braito, 22, to stand trial in early June.
Simmons, an art major, and Braito, a computer science major, were arrested in late February after racial slurs and swastikas were found scrawled on posters and bulletin boards on several bedroom doors inside a campus dormitory.
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