CHAMPAIGN – Two U. of I. students on Monday were issued state of Illinois notices to appear in court for criminal damage and theft following an incident caught on video Oct. 27.

Jacob R. Bassler and Nicholas R. Gustafson, both 18, of Champaign, were issued the court summonses following an interview with University of Illinois Police. The two were identified as the people who were caught on security cameras at the Chabad Center for Jewish Life tampering with a menorah in the center’s front lawn and eventually taking one of the menorah branches.

The branch was returned later that weekend, but it reportedly no longer works.

The preliminary charge of criminal damage to property is a Class 4 felony because it happened at a place of worship.

Bassler and Gustafson additionally were given court summonses for theft for reportedly stealing a shopping cart from a nearby grocery store. The shopping cart has an estimated value of $127.58.