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SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (Court TV) — A college student who was in hot water over a felonious fish fry is apparently off the hook, at least as far as his school is concerned. The University of California at Santa Cruz dropped disciplinary charges against Casey Loop, 23, accused in a now-infamous fraternity kidnapping and cooking of a koi fish. But prosecutors are less forgiving of fish filching. Loop and his alleged co-conspirator Matthew Cox, 24, still face a Feb. 9 jury trial on misdemeanor charges of grand theft and vandalism. The 2-foot, 20-pound koi fish went by the names Midas, Goldie and Big Red. Loop and Cox, member of the Delta Omega Chi fraternity, admitted to snatching and killing the beloved koi, which was donated to the school by a professor in 1995. At the time the fraternity was being filmed for the MTV reality series 'Fraternity Life.' It was widely rumored that the fish was barbecued and eaten. Loop and Cox, who had no prior records, reportedly expressed remorse for murdering Midas, who was worth more than $800...
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