Arrest

April 6: BYU police received a call of four suspicious characters writing on the sidewalk in front of the Missionary Training Center. The officer asked them to clean the sidewalk while he ran their ID's. He discovered that one of the females had a warrant out for her arrest for failing to appear in court on a traffic violation. She was arrested.

Criminal Mischief

April 1: BYU police responded to a call reporting a tampering with the BYU sign on University and Canyon Rd. Students had placed paper letters over the sign "Enter to learn, go forth to serve" to make it read "Enter to date and to mate."

April 2: BYU questioned two males after they were seen stealing scrap metal from the Deseret Towers demolition site. The individuals said they were employees of the demolition company and had been given permission to salvage. When contacted, the demolition company denied their employees claim. The employees have since been fired and charges are pending.

Domestic Violence

April 4: A Wymount resident tried to call the police after she and her husband got into a fight and she felt threatened. Her husband ripped the phone out of the wall and ran into the bathroom threatening to do damage to himself with a knife. BYU police responded and the man was arrested on counts of threatening with a deadly weapon and interrupting a communications device.

Harassment

April 3: A female student called BYU police when she received lewd text messages from a former acquaintance. BYU police are currently investigating the sexually motivated text messages.

April 4: BYU Math Teaching Assistants called BYU police to report a male student who had repeatedly threatened them. The student said he would pull out a female TA's hair with duct tape and would stab another TA's foot with a thumb drive to infect him with a deadly virus. BYU police are questioning the individual.

Theft

April 7: An 18-year-old student who had previously run from the police after shoplifting was spotted again by security guards in the BYU Bookstore. He was immediately apprehended and police discovered he was carrying $130 worth of stolen clothes. He was arrested.

Trespassing

April 1: BYU police discovered several students from NewsNet trespassing in the Deseret Towers demolition site. The student said they had heard U Hall was going to be blown up and were waiting to witness it. When the officer asked them to tell him the date the students realized they were the victims of an April Fool's Day prank.

April 6: BYU police cited two juveniles for theft when they discovered them reaching through the closed security gate in the Grab-and-Go to steal bags of chips. The individuals were visiting BYU campus from California on a youth trip where they were also attending General Conference.

Welfare Check

April 8: A 6-year-old boy called the police when his 9-year-old brother would not let him watch television. BYU police checked the situation to make sure the boys were supervised. Both boys were fine.

--Compiled by Jesse Gunther

Copyright Brigham Young University 9 Apr 2008