Disorder in the court
22.05.12
Gomes was arrested in the early morning outside of Carruthers and faces a January 12 preliminary hearing. The day before Gomes was arrested, UVA police reportedly inspected Carruthers Hall for signs of a breaking and entering. Inside, they located a hidden video camera with images that allegedly identify Gomes.
The next day, Gomes was arrested; subsequent searches of his home and car turned up bolt cutters, transcript papers, and a box for a coathook camera. A call to Dean Paul Mahoney was forwarded to the school’s director of communications, who did not confirm Gomes’ status at the university by press time.
What Gomes was doing with the camera is anybody’s best guess until the trial, but Above The Law, a website that has tracked news of Gomes’ arrest, highlighted a comment from someone identified as a UVA student, who suggested that Gomes already had obtained transcript paper before his arrest.
The site’s editor, Elie Mystal, quipped that Gomes “could have just chilled out and not worried and made up whatever grades he wanted to after it was over.” Then, linking to another recent story, he concluded: “UVA law students are good at making stuff up.” Cheap shot? Maybe, but Gomes wasn’t the only UVA law student to make headlines this year.
Source: C-Ville Weekly