Mississippi State students charged in Crimson Tide memorabilia break-in

Published 8:59 pm Thursday, April 12, 2018

(AP) — Four Mississippi State University students are accused of breaking into the University of Alabama’s athletic facility and stealing memorabilia.

The break-in happened during the pre-dawn hours of April 4, six days before Alabama’s national championship football team met with President Donald Trump at the White House, authorities said.

The four managed to get inside the Mal M. Moore Athletic Facility and stole “various items of memorabilia,” court records state. The crime was captured on security video, the records show.

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Mississippi State is “fully cooperating” with law enforcement as they investigate, school spokesman Sid Salter said in an emailed statement.

“The future status of the students with MSU will be determined after they have received their due process of law rights according to existing university policies,” Salter said.

“Clearly, these individuals will have to face the consequences of their actions, whatever those actions might be,” he added.