Two Arrested After Obama Effigy Display

Two people have been arrested in connection with the Obama figure hanged in effigy on the University of Kentucky campus, the Kentucky Kernel reports. Joe Fischer, a current student and former football walk-on, and Hunter Bush, a Lexington resident, were charged Thursday with second-degree burglary, second-degree disorderly conduct, and theft by unlawful taking.

Police say the pair broke into a fraternity house to steal the items used to make the display.

According to the police, the two said they made the effigy after seeing a news reports of a life-size representation of Gov. Sarah Palin hanging from the front of a West Hollywood, Calif., house. Bush and Fischer told police they regretted their actions, officials said.