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Despite the fact that Adam Wheeler has been charged with larceny, identity fraud, falsifying an endorsement or approval, and pretending to hold a degree, he might actually have supporters. There is now a Facebook fan page called "Free Adam Wheeler!" that has, in its description, a summary of Wheeler's crimes but ends with what seems to be the premise of the fan-page: "Hey, everyone makes mistakes...
Erika L. Zeiters, a fan who said she was in Wheeler's grade at Caesar Rodney High School, wrote to us in a Facebook message that she and Adam dated for a very brief time in ninth grade but continued to be friends during the next few years. "In high school, he was a really nice kid," she said. "He was quiet and shy, but super nice and funny. I never saw any signs of him as being weird or lying." Zeiters said she joined the Facebook page because of her connection to Wheeler, but she added that she does...
...fans appear to admire Wheeler. As one put it, "I would say that what Adam Wheeler has done is more than a 'mistake'. This was a deliberate scheme to lie his way into a school. He used scholarship money that he didn't deserve (meaning that money was taken away from honest students who really did deserve it), and I hope that he is prosecuted for his actions to the fullest extent...
James A. McFadden '10, one of the creators of the "Free Adam Wheeler" T-shirt enterprise, said the idea came to him and his blockmates out of boredom while sitting in the Greenhouse Café and watching news interviews about the Wheeler scandal. McFadden said the inspiration to make T-shirts was partly this "extremely ridiculous" media coverage...
...shirts, which are made with iron-on transfers, feature the "Free Adam Wheeler" text along with his mugshot on the front, and a copy of his infamous fake resume on the back. The group is selling them for $15, or $5 if you provide your own shirt. McFadden estimated that they've sold about 10 so far, but said they are hoping to "set up shop" at the senior barbecue to sell more...