Criminal Mischief

March 20: A 24-year-old male student was arrested after he drove his car down the ramp south of campus and then tried to evade the police. The student entered a dark covered parking lot in order to evade the police, but the officer could still see his break lights and arrested him. He was charged with reckless driving, attempting to evade the police and driving without insurance. He is currently booked in the Utah County Jail.

March 20: BYU police responded to a report of graffiti on the north side of the Morris Center. Upon investigation, they discovered that the graffiti is affiliated with an extreme political group from India. They immediately removed the graffiti.

March 22: A resident assistant called BYU police when she became suspicious that students were lighting firecrackers in their room. The students were setting off the fireworks in a metal garbage can and promised to stop.

Fraud

March 25: A BYU student received her cell phone bill to discover an overcharge of $4,000.00. BYU police believe she is the victim of fraud and the case is under investigation.

Medical

March 18: A male BYU student was transported to the hospital when he fell while he was repelling in the mountains in Provo. The student was not being belayed properly and sustained minor injuries.

Missing Person

March 20: BYU students found a small child wandering on the north side of the Wilkinson Center. When police arrived they discovered that the child had wandered away from an Easter egg painting activity. Police reunited the child with his parents.

Suspicious Behavior

March 18: A student called BYU police when she observed four men trying to start a fire in the grass outside Helaman Halls. When police arrived there were neither men nor scorch marks on the premises.

March 20: A mother was walking through the Wilkinson Student Center when she noticed a male BYU student following her. When she stopped walking, he approached her and touched her children’s legs. She called BYU police and they questioned the student who admitted to harassing mothers and their children in the past. He said he would try not to bother mothers again.

March 21: BYU police received a call reporting a male dressed in a bright yellow suit looking for duck eggs near the duck pond. When police arrived as the scene the man was nowhere to be found.

Theft

March 22: An employee fromof the Creamery on Ninth called BYU police when she saw several students eating brownies they had not paid for. After questioning the individuals, they determined that the students had been given permission to eat the day-old brownies free of charge.

March 24: Construction workers called BYU police when they discovered that several orange cones were missing from their construction site at Deseret Towers. Upon investigation, BYU police discovered that the cones were being used by a group of students for a fFrisbee game on DT field.

Threat

March 23: The Human Resource department received a threatening phone call from a 43-year-old man whose job application was recently rejected. When BYU police contacted the man, he apologized for his behavior and said he would not call again.