Cops: 'Nova students vandalized the Linc
Yo, dude - I double-dare you to sneak into Lincoln Financial Field! That might well have been the enlightened conversation shared by five wide-eyed Villanova University students who clambered inside the Eagles' stadium yesterday morning, according to police.
Yo, dude - I double-dare you to sneak into Lincoln Financial Field!
That might well have been the enlightened conversation shared by five wide-eyed Villanova University students who clambered inside the Eagles' stadium yesterday morning, according to police.
Security guards dialed 9-1-1 after they saw the intruders climb over a ramp wall, then use a guard rail as a ladder to get inside the Eagles' home nest shortly before 3 a.m.
The group frolicked across the not-so-frozen tundra, then stole a seat and sign from inside the stadium, police said.
The joyfest ended when Philly cops caught them making their way back to their SUV outside the Linc.
Police identified them as Mark Ioannidis, 18, of Brookhaven, Delaware County; William Clarke, 19, of Short Hills, N.J.; Dylan Carroll, 18, of Pelham, N.Y.; Taylor Halstead, 19, of Manchester, Mass., and Daniel Papa, 18, of Andover, Md.
All were charged with criminal conspiracy, burglary, criminal trespass, theft, institutional vandalism and related offenses.
Villanova released a statement that read in part: "If these students were involved in misconduct, we are deeply disappointed in their behavior and poor judgment."
The university is conducting an internal review to determine if the teens violated the Student Code of Conduct, according to the statement. *
