Tip of the Week: With the recent influx of bicycle thefts BYU police encourages students to register and properly lock their bikes when they bring them to campus. Bikes can be registered at the Provo or BYU police department.

Animal Problem

March 5: Police responded when they discovered that a deer had caught its leg in an animal trap near the old visitors center. Officers freed the deer.

March 10: Officers responded when they received a call that an adult duck was placed in a female dorm in Helaman Halls. The officers captured the frightened duck and returned it to the duck pond.

Criminal Mischief

March 9: Three BYU students were seen throwing two-liter bottles out of their third floor window in Helaman Halls. They confessed their behavior but said they were not trying to hit cars but were simply experimenting to determine how the water would splatter.

March 11: A man called BYU police when his car was struck with an egg at 12:15 a.m., which damaged his paint. He suspects that individuals threw the eggs from the overpass near the Marriott Center. Police later received a call that two males dressed in black were throwing eggs from the same overpass but could not locate them.

Suspicious Behavior

March 7: A suspicious male was seen walking a dog near Wymount. When police responded neither the man nor the dog was present.

March 10: Residents of Wymount called BYU police when they noticed a suspicious male in their commons area. None of the residents recognized the man, who had been sitting and watching children play for an hour. When an officer responded they discovered that the man was watching his sister's children while she was out of the house and had taken them to the playground. His story checked out but when the officers ran his information they discovered a warrant for his arrest. They promptly arrested the man, who had failed to appear in court for a speeding ticket.

Theft

March 6: A man called BYU police when he discovered that his license plate had been stolen. He later called police back when he determined that his son had removed it from the vehicle.

March 6: HFAC employees called BYU police when they discovered that two microphones were stolen. The microphones are worth a cumulative $2,800.

March 7: A BYU student called police when she discovered her wallet had been stolen. She put the wallet on her desk before she went to bed. When she woke up the next morning the wallet was gone. The student said she leaves a magnet over the lock on her door so that her friends can enter her room. Her credit card has been used at a Provo gas station.

Threat

March 5: A student found a bicycle, which he had had stolen from him one year ago, locked in a bike rack. The student produced a receipt and the serial number of the bicycle, proving it was his. After the officers cut the lock and gave the bike to the student, another male student came into the police department to report the theft of the same bike, which he said he had bought at a pawnshop. BYU police are currently attempting to locate the original thief.

March 9: A male BYU student received a threatening text message indicating he would die. The student responded with a text message saying that he would take the sender of the text message with him. There are no known suspects.

Traffic Violation

March 3: A driver called BYU police after he was cut off two times by the same speeding vehicle, which was driving faster than 50 mph and weaving in and out of lanes. When the driver stopped at a traffic light he wrote down the reckless driver's license plate. When the reckless driver saw someone writing down his license plate he ran the red light. BYU police tracked down the driver and issued a citation. The driver said he could not figure out why someone was complaining about his driving.

March 9: BYU police pulled over a car for speeding. The driver had a suspended license. When he was tested for alcohol consumption BYU police determined that he was intoxicated. The driver admitted he had been drinking but said he drove because he was the least drunk off all of the people in the car. When tested, he had twice the legal limit amount of alcohol in his body.

Copyright Brigham Young University 12 Mar 2008