Here are the details of three previous cases of newspaper theft. Information was taken from the Student Press Law Center Web site.
Case #1:
One student was found guilty of dumping hundreds of papers. The University of Tampa Judicial Review awarded The Minaret $150 and ordered the student to serve 20 hours at the paper. The cost of the stolen copies amounted to more than $800.
Case #2:
Two women, whose names were not released, took about 500 copies of the April 27 edition of The Gatepost, the student paper of Framingham State College, because they thought they looked fat in the front-page photograph. The women reimbursed The Gatepost the printing costs for 500 copies. The exact amount of the reimbursement was not published in the Student Press Law Center Web site.
Case #3
Members of the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority at Stetson University stole about 700 copies of the Oct. 5 edition of the Stetson Reporter, which published details about mold in the sorority house. The edition was published during new member recruitment. They apologized to the student paper and paid $1,200 in compensation. Dean of Students Michelle Espinosa said the girls wanted evade the notion that the sorority house was mold infested.