Two men were arrested Wednesday for allegedly vandalizing the Bruin Bear statue on UCLA's campus shortly before the rivalry football game between UCLA and USC in November.
According to Patch.com, Police Lt. Kevin Kilgore said that 19-year-old Louie Torres and 18-year-old Willie Johnson were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy and felony vandalism.
Kilgore said the following regarding the vandalism, which occurred at 2 a.m. on Nov. 13—four days before the Bruins beat the Trojans 34-27: "The Bruin Bear was vandalized while it was secured in a wooden box for the UCLA-USC football game that weekend.