Too much bitterness in this rivalry
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 14 years, 7 months AGO
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May 19, 2011 5:45 AM
OPELIKA, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama fan accused of poisoning the oak
trees at Auburn’s Toomer’s Corner has been indicted by a Lee County
grand jury.
Court documents posted online show the grand jury indicted Harvey
Updyke Jr. on four felony charges and two misdemeanor charges.
The 62-year-old Updyke faces two felony counts of first-degree
criminal mischief, two felony counts of unlawful damage, felony
vandalism or theft of property from a farm animal or crop facility
and two misdemeanor counts of desecrating a venerated object.
He
is scheduled for arraignment on May 26 before Lee County Circuit
Court Judge Jacob A. Walker III. He has a tentative trial date of
June 20.
The trees are at Toomer’s Corner, where Auburn fans have
traditionally celebrated wins.