Nov. 10 | 1:12 a.m. 

Officer Heidi Custodio responded to University Hall in reference to the entrance gate being broken.

The suspect told dispatch the entrance gate came down onto the kayak rack on the back of her vehicle. Upon Custodio’s arrival, she was unable to locate the suspect or her car. Dispatch called the suspect back and she said she left the scene to go to McDonald’s. 

After reviewing the cameras at around 1:30 a.m., the gate was in the upright position. There was a vehicle that passed in front of the suspect’s vehicle. She can be seen not stopping to scan into the gate causing the gate to come down on her vehicle. After several minutes of trying to put the gate back the suspect and another individual can be seen taking the broken gate into Kays Hall at approximately 1:16 a.m. 

Around 1:18 p.m. the suspect could be seen on the tenth floor of Kays Hall getting off the elevator with the broken gate arm and entering a dorm room with the broken gate arm and exiting without the gate in hand. 

At 3:01 a.m., Custodio went to follow up with the suspect. Upon contact, she asked her where the broken gate arm was and the suspect pointed to it in her room. The suspect said she kept it for the university police department to pick up. 

Custodio noticed the end of the gate arm had been broken more. She asked the suspect if she broke it so it would fit into the elevator and she said no. Custadio told the suspect she would be receiving referrals for dishonesty, theft, failure to comply and criminal mischief. 

The suspect received a dishonesty referral for stating the accident was not her fault and claiming that she did not break the arm after taking it up the elevator, a referral for theft for taking the broken arm gate to her room, a referral for failure to comply when advised by dispatch to wait for an officer at the scene of the accident multiple times and a referral for criminal mischief for breaking the gate arm to fit into the elevator to take to her room. 

Nov. 10 | 12:30 a.m.

Officer Heidi Custodio responded to Centennial Bank Stadium in reference to a stolen vehicle. 

Upon arrival, a football coach was in contact with the suspect who was in possession of the vehicle. The victim said he did not want to press charges against the suspect. 

While waiting for the suspect to return with the vehicle a Jonesboro Police Department officer made a traffic stop on the car and escorted the suspect in the vehicle back to the stadium. 

Upon the suspect’s arrival, Custodio asked him who gave permission to take the vehicle and he said no one did. He said he knew the victim left his keys in the car. Custodio asked the victim a second time if he wished to press charges and he said no.

Nov. 8 | 1:08 a.m.

Officer Jeremy Oswalt responded to Kays Hall in reference to an intoxicated person. 

Upon arrival, he made contact with the arrestee and was able to smell a strong odor of an intoxicant emitting from her. He noticed her speech was slurred, her eyes were bloodshot and watery and she had vomited on herself and the ground. 

Due to her appearance and mannerisms, an ambulance was notified. Upon arrival of Emerson paramedics, they attempted to check the arrestee out, but she refused medical treatment. At this time she was arrested for public intoxication and transported to Craighead County Jail by Officer Heidi Custodio. 

Nov. 7 | 2:43 p.m. 

Sgt. Chase Barnett responded to North Park Quads building three in response to a welfare concern called in by a complainant, the ex-boyfriend. He said when confronting the victim about things she had said about him to other individuals, she sent him concerning text messages back. 

Officers attempted to make contact with the victim, but she was not home. Barnett spoke with the victim on the phone and she said she was in Little Rock getting her hair done. 

He explained why they were looking for her and asked her if she was okay. She told Barnett to ignore everything the complainant said and that she was fine. She said she did not have any thoughts of suicide or hurting herself. 

Barnett went back to speak with the complainant to get more clarification on the situation and the complainant showed him text messages he received around 1:15 p.m. from the victim that said, “you’ll never see me again after tonight, no one will”, “take Sam (her dog) from mom, he always liked you the most of all of us” and “I love you babe.” 

Barnett passed this information along to the Arkansas State University Counseling Center.

Categories: Campus Crime