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Pastor's son held for robbery
13/12/2005 10:59 - (SA)
Bethlehem - As Lehigh University students prepared for final exams this week, they found themselves grappling with the news that the sophomore class president had been arrested for allegedly robbing a bank.
An 18-year-old freshman-engineering student from Hereford, Maryland, said: "I didn't believe it when I first heard it."
The robbery took place on Friday afternoon. Authorities said Greg Hogan, 19, handed a note to a teller at a Wachovia Bank branch, saying he had a gun and wanted money.
Hogan, the son of a Baptist minister, was picked up at his fraternity house later that evening and charged with robbery, theft by unlawful taking and receiving stolen property.
Football team
Police said he got away with $2 871.
One of his frat brothers, Patrick Thornton, described Hogan as "very energetic," the sort of student who would cheer on the college football team wearing body paint.
Thornton, editor of The Brown and White, the student newspaper, added: "It's by far the most interesting story we've ever encountered here."
Police said Hogan admitted robbing the bank. A prison spokesperson said he was released on Saturday after posting $100 000 bond. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for January 31.
Hogan graduated in 2004 from the University School, a private school in the upscale Cleveland suburb of Hunting Valley.
City councilman
His father, Reverend Gregory J Hogan, was the pastor of First Baptist Church of Barberton in Ohio and had served as a city councilman in Seven Hills.
Hogan also was a cellist in the university's orchestra.
Steve A Juisti, 19, a sophomore civil engineering student from Upper Darby, said: "You have to think of how much he had going for him - class president, studying at Lehigh. You have to question his reasoning, obviously. The big question is why."
Dina Silver of the school said after a student was charged with a crime, the university's office of student conduct, a disciplinary committee of teachers, staff and students, would decide what action to take regarding the student's status at the school. Sanctions could range from a warning to expulsion.
- AP
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