Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Lesbian college student 'faked anti-gay notes left in her room' that sparked rally against hate crimes

Notes sparked anti-hate rally at Connecticut campus in March
But police hid camera outside room and 'found she planted notes herself'
Alexandra Pennell, 19, told police she had devised the plan to get the attention of her roommate
Barred from state colleges for five years and faces 25 charges


A lesbian student has been kicked out of college and arrested after it emerged she was behind a string of anti-gay messages slipped under her dorm room door, police said.

After the notes were found in Alexandra Pennell's room at Central Connecticut State University in March, hundreds came out in support of the student at a campus rally against hate crimes...

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