UC Berkeley PhD Student Charged With Felony Vandalism Causing Over $46,000 in Equipment Damage

BERKELEY, Calif.—An electrical engineering and computer sciences Ph.D. candidate at the University of California–Berkeley is facing felony charges accusing him of intentionally damaging electronic equipment at Cory Hall over a period of two years, causing an estimated $46,855 in direct damage, according to the University of California Police Department.
A professor reported that the student had vandalized another student’s personal computer as well as computer equipment belonging to the university, causing at least $2,119 in damage, the department said in an emailed statement to The Epoch Times. The total damage was likely far more than that, according to the statement….