Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Power trip

From OU.edu:

FORMER STUDENT FACES CHARGES FOR CAMPUS FLIERS

The man accused of posting threatening fliers around OU’s campus early last month now faces charges.
Robert Lien Anderson, 38, has been charged by the District Attorney’s office with advocating unlawfulness on school grounds.
Anderson, a former OU student, was arrested Friday evening after OUPD filed a warrant, said Lt. Bruce Chan, OUPD’s public information officer.
Chan said he received phone calls from concerned members of the community regarding the threats against OU.
According to police documents, Anderson was observed posting fliers March 7 that stated “On April 21, 2008, all operations at OU Norman will cease.”
The flier also stated “OUPD cannot stop us.”
The fliers, however, are not the only curious messages OU officials have received.
According to court documents, OUPD received an e-mail that stated, “We would like your cooperation in the transfer of power. No one needs to get hurt.”
In addition, the message of the “transfer of power” also appeared in chalkings around campus April 2.
According to court documents, Anderson admitted in interrogation to making the fliers and sending the e-mail to OUPD.
This is not the first time Anderson has been arrested for acts against OU.
On April 21, 1994, Anderson was arrested for malicious injury to property and failure to leave an institute of higher learning after he “stormed the office of [then] OU president Richard Van Horn” and damaged the office, according to court documents.


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