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A King's College student accused of urinating on the nativity scene in Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, is apologizing for his behavior. "I was being a drunken idiot," Nathan Strawn, 22, said. The apology, however, might have little effect on the legal and educational consequences facing the senior from Bangor. "It is deep down in my heart to tell all you students out there that one night of fun and drunkenness is not worth it. Nowhere near it. With this life lesson learned, I'm apologizing to all I have offended. These people are Christians, the Wilkes-Barre community, King's College, the church of...

WILKES-BARRE – A King’s College student was arrested and faces several charges after allegedly urinating on a religious Christmas display early Sunday morning. Nathan Strawn, 22, was arrested after “he was observed fully exposed urinating on the Nativity scene located on Public Square,” city police said in a press release. The incident occurred at approximately 1:54 a.m., police said. Strawn was charged with indecent exposure, desecration of venerated objects, open lewdness, public drunkenness and disorderly conduct. City police said Strawn was taken to the Luzerne County Correctional Facility and was held there for arraignment, but a prison official said there...