A recent Connecticut high school graduate has been arrested after police say he changed student quotes in his school’s yearbook.
According to NBC News and local reports, police arrested 18 year old Hollister, a Glastonbury High School student, on July 9. Authorities say he accessed a database students used to submit yearbook quotes and altered two of them before the yearbook was printed. One altered quote reportedly placed a line from Adolf Hitler under the name of George Floyd. Another referenced Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was convicted in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.
School officials found the changes in May, when yearbook distribution began. They paused distribution and asked students to return their copies so replacement pages could be added. In a statement, the school said it deeply regretted not catching the act of bigotry and vandalism before the yearbook was printed. It also said it would change its review process and that the student was disciplined, though it did not share details.
Hollister was charged with two counts of third degree computer crime, and bond was set at $5,000. Reports did not include any comment from him, and it was not known whether he had an attorney. As with any case, a charge is not a conviction.
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