WMC expels freshman accused of bringing rifle

A Western Maryland College freshman accused of taking a semiautomatic assault rifle onto campus has been expelled from the Westminster liberal arts college, the school confirmed yesterday.

Glenn Wynn Robinson, 19, of Peach Bottom, Pa., was arrested Nov. 5 by Westminster police and charged with one count of possession of a regulated firearm by a person under age 21, police said. He was released on personal recognizance, police said.

Robinson, who had told police that he was intending to shoot the rifle on his uncle's Maryland farm, had been suspended from the school until a hearing of the school's Honor and Conduct Board could be held.

Robinson appealed the board's decision, and his expulsion was upheld by an appeals board and by the college's president.