"Taser Terror" covered...

Student newspaper, The Daily Helmsman, has covered the tasering incident that occurred Monday nite at 2 a.m. on campus. According to the paper, Othman Djuliarso, was walking towards South Hall dormitory on campus after practicing drums in the Communication and Fine Arts building when "DT" approached him asking where the nearest Burger King was located. The conversation continued as Djuliarso attempted to walk faster towards the dorm and mid-sentence "DT" suddenly applied the taser gun to the victims neck, back. After 10-15 shocks, Djuliarso managed to get free but fainted briefly under the bookstore overpass. After regaining conciousness Djuliarso ran to Police Services at the nearby Zach Curlin Parking Garage to report the incident. The victim got away with Djuliarso's cell phone and iPod.

This morning in an email to faculty and students, Bruce Harbor, Director of Police Services, reported that an arrest was made around 3:30 a.m. this morning by an officer who spotted someone to matches the assailant's description.

Here's an excerpt:

"On Wednesday, April 15, 2009, around 3:30 AM, a University police officer on patrol observed a male matching the description of the subject responsible for the “taser assault” on April 14, 2009. The male was walking in the area of Desoto and State Street. The male was taken into custody and a taser-like “stun gun” was recovered. The male was arrested by University officers and transported to 201 Poplar. "

The paper did an excellent job with this story. However, under this story is another article with the headline "A great night for conversation." I don't think that article appropriately followed a story so serious as this one.