Campus theft activates Apache Alert
Cody Lillich
Students were awakened late Friday, April 4, to an Apache Alert sent by Campus Safety Chief Randy Melton.
Tyler Police dispatchers notified Campus Safety that a pizza delivery driver was robbed on campus. Melton said based on the information they had received it was best to send a warning.
"Because of timely warnings required by the Clery Act, we had to send a warning," said Melton. "Once we sat down, talked to him and start an investigation, [we determined] it was a theft."
Melton said the suspect reached in the delivery driver's car, grabbed cash and ran. He said after the Alert was sent, a phone call was made to dorm employees to notify them of the situation.
The suspect, a resident of Bateman Hall, was arrested by campus officers Tuesday, and has since bonded out of Smith County Jail.
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