A University fraternity has admitted to stealing a $10,000 "Hokie Bird" statue from Virginia Tech this past weekend.
The statue, a large-scale fiberglass construction sponsored by the Blacksburg Partnership, was stolen by a fraternity pledge class, according to University spokesperson Carol Wood.
"We learned about it from folks in Blacksburg that suspected that it could have been some of our students so we obviously cooperated with the folks in Blacksburg to see if it was true and discovered it was," she said.
The students have come forward and are currently working with University officials to rectify the situation, according to Wood.
"Our students are working with one of our deans," she said. "They came forward, acknowledged what they have done and issued a letter of apology and offered to compensate ... for the cost of the art work. To my understanding that is about $10,000."
According to Wood, the students could face potential UJC charges; however, Wood noted "that would be a confidential process."
Blacksburg police were unavailable for comment at press time.
-- compiled by Whitney Gruenloh
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