State College officials have officially removed a brick engraved with Jerry Sandusky's name from an off-campus walkway because of vandalism concerns.
The brick, located on Centennial Walkway, was replaced Thursday. The removal came just a few days after a student-run blog posted a picture of it.
Borough Manager Tom Fountaine tells The Centre Daily Times his office decided to take the brick out after residents complained.
Fountaine said there were questions over ownership of the bricks and called Tavern owner Pat Daugherty on Tuesday morning to discuss the removal.
Daugherty said the Tavern, which is on the Centennial Walkway between Pugh and McCallister streets, has no ownership of the brick, but he volunteered to remove it because Tavern workers have experience removing and placing the bricks.
Fountaine said he decided to remove the brick after the complaints and was happy that Daugherty offered to help.
"We agreed that he would go ahead and remove it," Fountaine said. "When Pat offered to do it, we said great."
The brick bore the former Penn State assistant coach's name, the name of his charity, The Second Mile, and the year it was founded, 1977.
Daugherty said they replaced it with a blank brick, and the future of the Sandusky version is out of his hands.
"The brick is back at the borough, and they can decide what to do with it at this point," he said.
