WVU SAE Chapter on Probation for Stealing Tree

Sigma Alpha Epsilon on Probation

By Patrick W. Connelly
Co-Editor, The Frat Boy News

Brothers of West Virginia University's chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon have long road of retribution before make amends for stealing a tree from a Morgantown park and decorating it for Christmas.

Two students were said by police to have stolen a Blue Spruce tree from a nearby park and taken it to the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house to serve as decoration. One was a brother of the fraternity, while the other was not.

The fraternity was placed on probation by the university, ordered to pay $1,100 in restitution and to perform 500 hours of community service.

Students Nathan Sisler, 20, and Nicholas Casey, 18, were said to have taken the spruce and were charged by police with injuring and destroying a tree.

The fraternity's president, oddly enough named Kirk Stump, said his group apologizes for the theft and plans to make things right.

"The community is very important to us and we want to do good and repair the rift," Stump said.