Last Thursday, vandals demolished parts of Southern University’s A.W. Mumford Stadium and there has been no information regarding this pending investigation that could lead to any suspects.
“The stadium restroom and locker room repairs are complete,” said Southern University Police Chief Michael Morris, “but the vandals are still at large.”
Though there were fingerprints left behind, the vandals have never been arrested before to be inducted into the criminal system and there have been no leads communicated to SUPD officials.
“We are hoping that students will give us information on this incident because vandals usually talk and brag about their doings,” Morris said. “Once we have a lead, we can check the lead’s suspect for fingerprints and find a match.”
Surveillance videos were also reviewed, but the cameras were focused on different areas, such as the parking lot and the inner perimeter of the stadium; therefore, the cameras are no help to finding suspects. The estimated total of damage is around five thousand dollars, according to Southern University’s Media advisor Ed Pratt.
Students, alumni, and faculty believe this catastrophe as a disgrace to the Jaguar Nation.
“Why would someone do such a terrible thing to embarrass and taint our reputation,” said Alton Price, a senior secondary education major. “What kind of satisfaction did they get? We are in college and that was very immature.”
SUPD officials believe this appalling act was conducted by SU students because of the time the event took place last Thursday, and according to past SUPD records, the majority of vandalism crimes are committed by a few bad apples within the student body.
Luke McKnight, a freshman history major, said “That was nonsense. If it was a student from Southern, they should be ashamed.”
“In order to prevent this from occurring again, we requested for the maintenance staff to lock the restroom and locker room doors throughout the week”, Chief Morris said. “Students should respect and take pride in Southern University’s facilities. Southern was clearly hurt by this incident and we (SUPD) will continue to protect and serve the Jaguar Nation to our full abilities like we have been doing for years. We are determined to find the vandals but we need students, who have pride in Southern University, to be courageous and speak up if they know anything pertaining to this incident.”
If anyone has any leads or information regarding this case please contact the SUPD anonymously at 771.2770.
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Stadium case remains open
September 24, 2009
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