Cedar Fest Special Coverage

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• Court finds student guilty in riot trial

  Updated 10/21/2008 10:14pm

  A construction management junior was found guilty Tuesday of disorderly conduct from hindering a police officer for his participation in April’s Cedar Fest riot.

• Former student sentenced for riot

  Updated 10/01/2008 8:39pm

  A 19-year-old former landscape architecture sophomore was sentenced Monday to seven days in the Ingham County Jail for participating in April’s Cedar Fest riot.

• Conviction ends two-day Cedar Fest trial for student

  Updated 09/23/2008 10:45pm

  After two days of trial, six witnesses and almost three hours of deliberation Tuesday, a six-person jury delivered an assortment of decisions about a criminal justice sophomore’s participation in April’s Cedar Fest riot.

• Local police still offering Cedar Fest tip rewards

  Updated 09/22/2008 8:20pm

  Reward money is still available for individuals who have tips about participants in the Cedar Fest riot.

• MSU grad sentenced for Cedar Fest

  Updated 09/10/2008 9:23pm

  A 23-year-old MSU graduate was sentenced Wednesday to 20 days in the Ingham County Jail for his participation in April’s Cedar Fest riot.

• Dearborn man receives split verdict in Cedar Fest case

  Updated 09/03/2008 9:19pm

  As clouds rolled into East Lansing on Wednesday, the courtroom atmosphere chilled and a 19-year-old Dearborn man received a split verdict from a jury for his participation in April’s Cedar Fest riot.

• MSU student given mixed riot verdict

  Updated 09/02/2008 8:37pm

  A 21-year-old MSU student received a mixed verdict Tuesday for his participation in April’s Cedar Fest riot. Jordan A. Williams was found guilty by a jury for the misdemeanor offense of disorderly conduct by obstructing, resisting or hindering a police officer.

• Publishing names of students charged for Cedar Fest wrong

  Updated 09/01/2008 6:42pm

  As I begin my senior year at MSU, I have always used The State News as an informative and entertaining tool to stay updated on my campus town. Unfortunately, I have recently become concerned with articles published about students involved in the Cedar Fest riots/celebration.

• West Mich. man sentenced for riot

  Updated 08/25/2008 7:53pm

  A 19-year-old Grand Rapids man was sentenced to 20 days in the Ingham County Jail for his participation in April’s Cedar Fest riot.

• Use of Facebook to prosecute unlikely

  Updated 04/23/2008 10:42pm

  Experts say East Lansing police could successfully press charges against the creator of the Facebook.com Web page that sparked last month’s Cedar Fest, but it won’t be easy.

• Wednesday's Cedar Fest arraignments

  Updated 04/16/2008 11:21pm

  A list of the 7 arraignments from Wednesday.

• Tuesday's Cedar Fest arraignments

  Updated 04/15/2008 11:25pm

  Tuesday’s Cedar Fest arraignments.

• 3 years later, lessons learned

  Updated 04/14/2008 11:15pm

  East Lansing police say the response to Cedar Fest shows they’ve changed since the April 2005 disturbances, which tarnished their image. And several local officials, who reviewed the 2005 melee, agree police have revised their practices.

• Cedar fest brings bad memories, fame to some

  Updated 04/14/2008 11:13pm

  For the majority of people who attended Cedar Fest, the night had little consequence. They came, they saw and they left. But for a few individuals, Cedar Fest had a much bigger impact.

• E.L. police will not charge most rioters with felonies

  Updated 04/13/2008 11:13pm

  Police will not seek felony charges against the majority of individuals arrested in connection with the April 5-6 Cedar Fest riot, East Lansing police Lt. Kevin Daley said Thursday.

• Cedar Fest suspects arraigned this weekend

  Updated 04/13/2008 11:12pm

  Cedar Fest suspects arraigned this weekend.