Two Charged in the Dead Bear Cub Incident

Marvin Caleb Williams, 20, and his younger brother Matthew Colton Williams, 18, both of Wilkes County and both students at Western Carolina University, have been charged with misdemeanors (disorderly conduct and a "wildlife act without a license or permit") in the bear cub dumping incident at the university late Sunday night.

The elder brother is a registered Republican in Wilkes County. The younger brother is registered "unaffiliated," also in Wilkes.