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SERVING THE BREVARD COLLEGE
Volume 74, Issue 13 COMMUNITY SINCE 1935 December 5, 2008
White collar crime ring busted up on campus
In this issue...
NEWS:
Better get a cell phone 2
BC turns into a graveyard 2
Kids night out a hit 2
ARTS AND LIFE:
Romeo and Juliet a success 5
Shop for X-mas gifts on a college
student budget 4
Two views on Twilight 3
SGA:
Candidate Profiles 3
SPORTS:
IVIen's hoops splits pair 6
Women's hoops recap 7
ODDS AND ENDS:
American Hero 8
Sign of the Times 8
Ask the Clarion 8
by Joseph Chilton
Editor-in-Chief
Four Brevard College students are
currently facing counterfeiting charges for
allegedly using a copier to print money and
then use it at local businesses.
The Transylvania Times is reporting that
Chase Antwon Waldo, 19, of Charlotte,;
TakeemRashaad Moore, 18, of Jonesboro,
Ga.; Darius Shamar Williams, 19, of
Henderson, N.C.; and Blake Allen Spinks,
19, of New Port Richey, Fla. were arrested
on Monday for possession of counterfeit
bills.
According to an unnamed source, the
students had tried to pass off counterfeit
$20 bills at Wendy's as well as at other
local businesses.
According to Director of Campus
Security Stan Jacobsen, the Brevard Police
Department obtained a warrant for the
students' rooms and found a copier, green
ink, and paper
The individuals were tracked down
through leads from workers at local
businesses.
Brevard College Athletic Director Kim
Pate confirmed that two of the perpetrators
were Brevard College football players, and
that the other two were former players who
had already quit the team.
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Blake Alien Spinks
Brevard Pohce Detective Steve Woodson
told the Transylvania Times that the raid of
the dorm rooms recovered approximately
$600 in counterfeit bills.
Each of the offending students was
placed in Transylvania County Jail under
a $10,000 secured bond.
The charges on the students may be taken
to the federal level. Jacobsen confirmed that
the Secret Service has been on campus for
two days during the last week investingating
the matter
The three students have not yet been
expelled from school.
" In any matter that involves an ongoing
pohce investigation, we try to determine
if the health and safety of the campus is
at risk when making a decision to suspend
or expel a student," said Dean of Students
Christopher Holland.
"If we feel there is no threat, then we
will defer to the local courts before
moving forward with any internal judicial
process."
If the students are found guilty at the
federal level, they face up to 18 years in
prison, though Jacobsen thinks that such
a severe sentence is usually reserved for
repeat offenders.
"There is a big question mark as to how
severe the sentence might be," Jacobsen
said.
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Darius Shamar Williams
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Takeem Rashaad Moore