UC San Diego Student Workers Accused of Defacing Walls Using ‘Materials Other Than Chalk’

The arrests of three University of California–San Diego student workers accused of vandalizing campus property drew a crowd to the San Diego Central Courthouse in protest of potential criminal charges in San Diego on July 10, 2023. Courtesy of Philip Zhu

SAN DIEGO—The arrests of three University of California–San Diego (UCSD) student workers accused of vandalizing campus property drew a large crowd to the San Diego Central Courthouse Monday in protest of potential criminal charges.

The workers, Jessica Ng, William Schneider, and a third person whose name has not been disclosed, were arrested about a month after the discovery of what UC San Diego police has described as vandalism “that caused permanent damage, necessitating replacement of building materials in excess of $12,000” at the Marine Conservation and Technology Facility at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.