• Former Eastern Michigan University student Eddie Curlin, 29, is sentenced or his connection in racist vandalism found on campus, at Washtenaw County 14A-1 District Court in Ann Arbor, Mich., Monday, May 21, 2018. (Tanya Moutzalias/The Ann Arbor News via AP) Photo: Tanya Moutzalias, AP / 2018 Tanya Moutzalias | MLive.com
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Former Eastern Michigan University student Eddie Curlin, 29, is sentenced or his connection in racist vandalism found on campus, at Washtenaw County 14A-1 District Court in Ann Arbor, Mich., Monday, May 21, 2018. (Tanya Moutzalias/The Ann Arbor News via AP) less
Former Eastern Michigan University student Eddie Curlin, 29, is sentenced or his connection in racist vandalism found on campus, at Washtenaw County 14A-1 District Court in Ann Arbor, Mich., Monday, May 21, ... more
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Former Eastern Michigan University student Eddie Curlin, 29, is sentenced or his connection in racist vandalism found on campus, at Washtenaw County 14A-1 District Court in Ann Arbor, Mich., Monday, May 21, 2018. (Tanya Moutzalias/The Ann Arbor News via AP) less
Former Eastern Michigan University student Eddie Curlin, 29, is sentenced or his connection in racist vandalism found on campus, at Washtenaw County 14A-1 District Court in Ann Arbor, Mich., Monday, May 21, ... more
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A former Eastern Michigan University student who admitted to painting racist graffiti on campus has been ordered to pay more than $2,000 in restitution.

The Ann Arbor News reports 29-year-old Eddie Curlin learned his punishment Monday after earlier pleading guilty to malicious destruction of property. He also pleaded no contest to unrelated counts of identity theft and must serve 2 to 5 years in prison on those charges.

The graffiti was found on exterior building walls in 2016. A racist message also was found last year in a restroom.

University officials say Curlin, who is black, vandalized the buildings then acted as a police informant. Officials say it was a pretense to help solve the case, have previous charges against him dropped and return to the school in Ypsilanti.

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Information from: The Ann Arbor News, http://www.mlive.com/ann-arbor