Police Beat • 02/21/2025 Skip to main content

Police Beat • 02/21/2025

Disturbance
Officers responded to a call regarding a man exhibiting signs of mental illness and behaving confrontationally toward students near South Campus Drive, adjacent to the Brewster building. Following the complaint, officers conducted extra patrols in the area but were unable to locate the individual on the sidewalk. Additional searches were carried out through the Wilkinson Center and the Music building, but the suspect remained unlocated. The complainant maintained that the individual was acting erratically. The incident is believed to involve the same suspect previously reported earlier in the week.

Accident
A BYU delivery truck was backing up in the parking lot of the Heritage Halls Central building when it collided with an Amazon delivery truck parked in the loading docks. The BYU truck struck the passenger-side rear corner of the Amazon vehicle. Fortunately, there were no injuries reported, and damage to the Amazon delivery truck was minimal. An officer responded to the scene and documented the incident for the report.

Alarm – Audible
Officers responded to a call from Cougar Tech store regarding a persistent audible alarm. A security officer on duty reported that the alarm was activated when an individual touched the merchandise, and they were unable to deactivate it. Upon arrival, the responding officer discovered they did not possess a key to reset the alarm. Store employees located the key and successfully reset the alarm.

Assault
BYU Police officers responded to a welfare check following a report from a BYU Security officer regarding a possibly intoxicated male walking on West Campus Dr. Officers located the individual on the east side of the Hinckley Center. While attempting to help by suggesting transportation to a warming center or medical attention, the male exhibited aggressive behavior and attempted to strike one of the officers. As a result, he was placed under arrest for Assault on a Peace Officer and subsequently booked into Utah County Jail on multiple charges.

Found Property
An officer responded to Smith Field House to investigate a found property report. Following a men's volleyball game, a building care employee discovered a set of keys left in the bleachers. The key chain included a BYU key, a house key, and a key fob for a Nissan vehicle. The officer collected the keys and initiated efforts to identify and contact the owner.

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