I see dumb people

An update on the campus robbery from the local paper:

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.

Crime on Campus

Federal law requires universities to share information about campus crimes -- to make this information available to the public.

Apparently, we need to know right away, too.

I just got this in an email from the university police:

At approximately 7:50pm this evening, a non-student reported to ASU Police that an unknown white male, approximately 5’ 8”in his early 20’s attempted to rob him outside the library parking deck on campus. The suspect was reported to have a small automatic pistol and fled campus toward King Street. ASU Police and Boone Police officers searched the area and at approximately 9:30pm the suspect was taken into custody. The suspect is a 19 year old white male from Thomasville, NC. He is not an ASU student. Investigation continues by ASU Police.

Props to ASU for not locking down campus, at least I assume! (unlike the last time a guy with a gun supposedly was near campus)