Police arrested a 19-year-old Boone man Wednesday night after claims that he attempted to rob another man of $20 on the Appalachian State University campus.
Derek Wesley Scism of 4019 U.S. 421 North, Boone, was charged with attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon, according to information from ASU.
The incident started at about 7:50 p.m., when campus police responded to Belk Library after library staff said that Scism, his brother and two others, who had been hanging out there, were making prank calls on the building's security phone.
(See what I mean by I see dumb people. Wow.)
Police found Scism's brother and Charles Timothy Smith, a resident of the Red Carpet Inn in Boone, outside the library near the College Street parking deck. Smith told police that Scism had tried to rob him of $20, money that Scism later claimed the man owed him.
Despite reports that Scism had a gun, police found no weapon in the area.
Neither Scism nor Smith are ASU students, and both have been banned from campus.
Scism was held at the Watauga Detention Center in lieu of a $10,000 secured bond and is scheduled to appear in court April 5.
http://www2.wataugademocrat.com/story/Man_arrested_after_attempted_robbery_at_ASU_id_004795
University Police are continuing to investigate the incident.
Although the reaction was not nearly as severe, this is pretty similar to the false report we talked about in class about a guy with a gun. ASU sent out a crime alert that told us a man was charged with attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon despite this report that says police found no weapon so it's pretty puzzling how he was charged with a dangerous weapon in the first place. It's just another unnecessary scare to the public and students on campus.
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