Students see Hokie Bird charges reduced
By Kelly Morenus and Parth Saraiya | February 4, 2008Nine University students previously facing felony charges for involvement in the March abduction of a Hokie Bird statue in Blacksburg saw their charges reduced in court Friday. According to the students' attorney, James Turk, all nine students appeared in court Friday, and the prosecutor made a motion to have the charges against the students be reduced from felony destruction of property to misdemeanor destruction of property. "That motion was granted," Turk said.
