DSC students suspended for burglary
Whitney Phillips
Issue date: 2/3/10 Section: DSC News
Officials suspended two Dixie State College students after they were arrested Jan. 14 for burglarizing a college building.
The two students, Michael Davis Legg, a sophomore business administration major from Washington, and Jarrod Ward Bradbury, a freshman general education major from St. George, were caught in the act by campus police officer Trevor Larson and backup officers from St. George Police Department at the Russell Taylor Health Science Center around 2 a.m.
Since then, they have both been arraigned on four charges: burglary, theft, trespassing and criminal mischief. Don Reid, director of campus security, said they will both face at least two charges of each crime. Still, he said the charges may be increased or decreased, depending on the decisions of the county attorney.
As a result, the two were suspended indefinitely, which Dean of Students Del Beatty said means they still have the option of coming back to DSC eventually by following a process that includes an appeal.
Beatty said administrators work with and help anyone who gets in trouble on campus before suspending or dismissing that person, but in this case, the crimes posed too much of a threat to campus.
"There's a number of different reasons people can be suspended, but this one, because they had multiple felony charges brought against them and because they are a potential harm to our students, to our facilities, ... it was pretty much a no-brainer," he said. "If we start feeling like they are a harm to themselves or to others, we take action."
Legg and Bradbury are up against felony charges because of their previous arrests, including burglary and theft, and because of the location of their crimes, Reid said.
"Because they both have a past criminal history and because this is a safe zone-a school-those are going to be felony charges," Reid said.
Reid said when the two men were apprehended, they were carrying medical supplies they had stolen from the building. He said the dollar amount of those stolen items most likely reaches into the hundreds. The damages to the building, which are mainly where the two men forced entry with a crow bar, are currently up to $1,900, Reid said.
The two students, Michael Davis Legg, a sophomore business administration major from Washington, and Jarrod Ward Bradbury, a freshman general education major from St. George, were caught in the act by campus police officer Trevor Larson and backup officers from St. George Police Department at the Russell Taylor Health Science Center around 2 a.m.
Since then, they have both been arraigned on four charges: burglary, theft, trespassing and criminal mischief. Don Reid, director of campus security, said they will both face at least two charges of each crime. Still, he said the charges may be increased or decreased, depending on the decisions of the county attorney.
As a result, the two were suspended indefinitely, which Dean of Students Del Beatty said means they still have the option of coming back to DSC eventually by following a process that includes an appeal.
Beatty said administrators work with and help anyone who gets in trouble on campus before suspending or dismissing that person, but in this case, the crimes posed too much of a threat to campus.
"There's a number of different reasons people can be suspended, but this one, because they had multiple felony charges brought against them and because they are a potential harm to our students, to our facilities, ... it was pretty much a no-brainer," he said. "If we start feeling like they are a harm to themselves or to others, we take action."
Legg and Bradbury are up against felony charges because of their previous arrests, including burglary and theft, and because of the location of their crimes, Reid said.
"Because they both have a past criminal history and because this is a safe zone-a school-those are going to be felony charges," Reid said.
Reid said when the two men were apprehended, they were carrying medical supplies they had stolen from the building. He said the dollar amount of those stolen items most likely reaches into the hundreds. The damages to the building, which are mainly where the two men forced entry with a crow bar, are currently up to $1,900, Reid said.
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pikatje1
posted 2/10/10 @ 9:10 AM MST
To steal something. ist going to resolve anything at all. The university is right to suspend them, it will be a sign for the other students.
pikatje1
posted 2/10/10 @ 9:50 AM MST
This students have made a big mistake. Such mistakes dont belong to the university.
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