Will the pro-military crowd denounce this idiot?

A&M cavalry member charged in UT incident

Accused of throwing horse feces at band

Eagle Staff Report



A sophomore member of Texas A&M University's Parsons Mounted Cavalry was charged Friday with throwing horse feces onto members of the University of Texas band before the A&M-UT football game.

John Richmond Sullivan, 20, was seen by a University Police Department lieutenant throwing a shovel full of horse feces onto band members at Kyle Field at about 10 a.m. Friday, according to an officer's affidavit.

UT band director Robert Carnochan told police that he and the band members did not want to press criminal charges, though they did want Texas A&M to discipline Sullivan, the court documents state.

Sullivan was arrested and charged with criminal mischief because the feces had to be removed by Texas A&M personnel, causing "substantial inconvenience and a pecuniary loss of $50 or more," according to the affidavit. He was released from the Brazos County Jail on Friday afternoon after posting $2,000 bail.

Normally, A&M does not take disciplinary action in a situation like this until an investigation is complete, said David Parrott, dean of student life. But there is no excuse for such behavior, he added.

"We look dimly on any student treating a guest of the university in such a manner that's inconsistent with Aggie values," Parrott said.

Parsons Mounted Cavalry formed in 1973 to revive the legacy of A&M's horse-drawn artillery program. It remains the only collegiate military cavalry unit in the nation.