Woman Charged in UConn Lecture Brawl Case Appears in Court

VERNON/STORRS, CT – Two days after the state dropped its case against a conservative speaker involved in a brawl at the University of Connecticut about two weeks ago, the woman accused of taking his notes from a podium had her case continued in Rockville Superior Court.

A clerk at the courthouse said 33-year-old Catherine Gregory is due back before a judge on Jan. 9. She is free on a $1,000 non-surety bond. On Sunday, she was charged with criminal attempt at sixth-degree larceny and disorderly conduct.

The speaker, Lucian Wintrich, is a political artist and commentator and the White House correspondent for a web entity called The Gateway Pundit. The Nov. 28 speech, sponsored by campus Republicans, was entitled, "It's Okay to be White."

Surveillance video shows Wintrich speaking and a female approaching the podium and removing something, which Wintrich said was the only hard copy of his notes.

The video then shows him following her into the crowd, seeming to aggressively retrieve the paper and a scuffle ensued involving multiple people.

The hall was then cleared by police.

In a warrant served on Sunday, police said she had been heckling Wintrich during the speech with others at the Andre Schenker Lecture Hall.

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