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Charges Refiled Against Student Photographer

By Katie Fowley|2019-03-13T15:17:15-04:00January 30th, 2009|Blog|

The Daily Collegian reports that charges of failure to disperse and disorderly conduct have been refiled against Michael Felletter, the student photographer who was accused of "taking photographs that would excite the crowd and encourage destructive behavior" after taking photographs on assignment at a riot following an Ohio State football game. The charges were dropped last week only to be [...]

Daily Collegian photographer likely to face charges for taking photographs at riot

By Katie Fowley|2020-01-02T15:58:44-05:00January 26th, 2009|Blog|

According to the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, charges against the student photographer Michael Felletter are likely to be refiled. Michael Felletter, a photographer for Penn State’s newspaper The Daily Collegian, was charged with disorderly conduct and failure to disperse after taking photographs during a post-Ohio State football game riot and disobeying orders from policemen to leave the [...]