PICKENS – Micah Rogers was found guilty of malicious damage under $2000 but not guilty of grand larceny Thursday afternoon at the Pickens County Courthouse, ending two years of angst and investigations after Clemson’s iconic Howard’s Rock was vandalized and a piece was stolen in the early hours of June 2, 2013.
Rogers, 20, of Pisgah Forest (NC) had been charged with grand larceny and malicious injury to property valued at more than $10,000 for vandalizing Clemson’s Howard’s Rock. Rogers faced up to ten years in prison on each charge. The vandalism took place on June 2, 2013, when Rogers allegedly broke the casing of the pedestal that houses Howard’s Rock and chipped off a large piece of the rock.