UPDATE:
Tweets were posted Thursday, Aug. 21, by the student in question.
The tweets said A.J. McCarron and his mother are organizing a "fundraiser" that angers the student. The student uses the f-word as well as other curse words in two of their tweets regarding the fundraiser involving Harvey Updike.
One of the tweets said they hope A.J. McCarron and Katherine Webb die.
The Twitter handle was deleted Friday, Aug. 22, without notifying the account beforehand.
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An Auburn University student has been questioned by police for allegedly posting unsuitable messages via Twitter to the event organizers of the Roses for Linda charity event that is still scheduled to proceed in Mobile next month, but without pie throwing, a dunking booth and Harvey Updyke.
"We spoke with a student at the University regarding some unsuitable messages that were posted to a Twitter account," said Lt. Clarence Stewart of the Auburn Police Department. "We are not really saying any names of the complainant or anyone involved at this time. We have spoken with their advisors. As of right now there hasn't been anything as far as criminal action, as of right now, however there may be some type of follow up through the student process at the university."
Updyke was found guilty last year for the poisoning of the Toomer's Oaks.
The event is scheduled for Sept. 29 to raise money for Roses for Linda, a nonprofit group that assists in covering transportation costs for those wanting to visit sick family members.
The charity honors John Oliver, a 7-year-old boy from Mobile who passed away due to cancer in July.
After pleading guilty to unlawful damage to an animal or crop, Updyke was sentenced to six months in jail for poisoning the oak trees.
The Alabama fan has been banned from Auburn's campus for life and was ordered by the judge to pay $800,000 in restitution to Auburn University.
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