TEMPE, Ariz. — Arizona State University police arrested a man Thursday night in connection to the damaging of library property and destruction of a Quran in a library at the university in Tempe on Wednesday.
Police arrested 37-year-old Wesley Waggoner after staff at the university's Hayden Library reported him for causing damage to library property Thursday evening, officers said. Authorities reportedly connected Waggoner to the previous crime of destroying a Quran through surveillance footage.
Waggoner was reported to have methamphetamine in his possession at the time of his arrest, police said.
“We are still investigating the circumstances and reasoning surrounding these actions," an ASU Police Department representative said.
An associate university librarian said in a message obtained by 12 News that a student reported the initial incident which took place at the Interfaith Reflection Room of the Hayden Library.
The librarian said at this point, no witnesses have come forward, but evidence was found suggesting the book had been burned.
No one was injured in the incident, but a wall in one of the library’s rooms was damaged and the overhead lights were broken.
Waggoner was charged with criminal damage and possession of drug paraphernalia, the department said. Police also found he had two separate confirmed warrants out for his arrest.
This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
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