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

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 w…