Utah

Stalking report, June 9, 2022

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Thursday, June 9, 2022UTstalkingtimely warninghigh confidence

Confirmed Threat

The University of Utah issued a Safety Warning after two women reported a man aggressively following and harassing them at the Marriott Library, beginning May 31, 2022. On June 9, 2022, University Police arrested the man for stalking and trespassing, and the university issued a no-trespass directive and permanent campus ban under its Clery Act safety-warning process.

Alerts: 2
Response: —
Killed: —
Injured: —

Institution

University of Utah

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Official alert policy

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Documented Timeline

Alert Sequence

2 messages in sequence · 2 verified verbatim

INITIAL ALERTEmailEarly June 2022, after reports beginning May 31, 2022

Verified verbatimUniversity of Utah Public Safety safety warning — Marriott Library stalking arrest (June 9 body)1017 chars

SAFETY ALERT—On Thursday, June 9, at 8:58 a.m., the University of Utah Police Department arrested Anietie Umoren, 40, for stalking and trespassing after two women reported him aggressively following and harassing them at the Marriott Library. Responding to these concerns, University Police also learned that Umoren had outstanding warrants for his arrest. University Police transported him to the Salt Lake County Jail, where he remains in custody. Umoren is a registered sex offender. The warrants for his arrest stem from his refusal to comply with Utah’s sex offender law. He is using different names and not disclosing his age. The victims reported seeing and interacting with him multiple times on campus, including in the Union Building and the University Store, starting on May 31. The university has issued a no trespass directive and permanent "campus ban" to Umoren barring him from returning to campus. Any member of the community who sees Umoren on campus should call University Police at 801-585-2677.

Verbatim recovery from official source https://publicsafety.utah.edu/alerts/safety-warning/reported-stalking-and-harassment/ on 2026-07-18.

Describes a course of conduct across three named campus buildings, satisfying stalking's pattern definition while keeping victims anonymous ('two women,' 'reporting parties')

Reflects the university's stated standard (a safety warning 'within hours' of a report) a notably fast self-imposed timeliness benchmark

This case escalated to an arrest and a permanent campus ban, so a later update flipped resolution toward a confirmed threat rather than an open investigation

Avoids naming the arrested individual in the warning itself; the identity surfaced in the subsequent arrest update, not the initial community alert

UPDATEEmailOn or about June 9, 2022, following the arrest

Verified verbatimUniversity of Utah DPS Safety Warning (official)1956 chars

U of U ALERT: Campus Stalking and Harassing Suspect Released from Jail [June 16, 2022 | 10:21 am] Note: This message is intended to alert the university community to concerning and potentially dangerous behavior from a person who is not part of our university community. The intent is to encourage individuals with information to bring that information to campus law enforcement and to provide information so individuals can take appropriate measures to best protect themselves. More information is available here. Trigger Warning: This alert discusses sensitive information pertaining to sexual misconduct. Information about resources is available here. SAFETY ALERT UPDATE—On Thursday, June 16, Anietie Umoren was released from the Salt Lake County Jail. Umoren, 40, a registered sex offender, has been banned from the University of Utah campus. Any member of the community who sees Umoren on campus should call University Police at 801-585-2677. On Thursday, June 9, at 8:58 a.m., the University of Utah Police Department arrested Anietie Umoren, 40, for stalking and trespassing after two women reported him aggressively following and harassing them at the Marriott Library. Responding to these concerns, University Police also learned that Umoren had outstanding warrants for his arrest. University Police transported him to the Salt Lake County Jail, where he remains in custody. Umoren is a registered sex offender. The warrants for his arrest stem from his refusal to comply with Utah’s sex offender law. He is using different names and not disclosing his age. The victims reported seeing and interacting with him multiple times on campus, including in the Union Building and the University Store, starting on May 31. The university has issued a no trespass directive and permanent "campus ban" to Umoren barring him from returning to campus. Any member of the community who sees Umoren on campus should call University Police at 801-585-2677.

The update closes the loop with a concrete outcome (arrest, no-trespass directive, permanent campus ban) which many sex-offense and stalking warnings never get to deliver

Even in the resolution update, the community message centers the protective action rather than the suspect's biography

Reinforces the report-to-police call-to-action, treating the resolved case as an opportunity to encourage future reporting

Demonstrates the rare stalking case where a single identified offender could be removed, converting an ongoing threat into a closed one

Message elements

How the first alert is built

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Who is sending the alert and who is responding. People act faster on a message from a clearly identifiable, credible sender, such as a named department, the police, or a branded alert system, than on an anonymous notice. A branded signature counts.
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What the threat actually is. A complete warning names the specific danger, such as a shooter, a fire, a tornado, or a gas leak, rather than a vague emergency, because people decide what to do based on what they are facing.
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Where the threat is. Saying whether danger is in a specific building, a part of campus, or area-wide lets people judge their own proximity and choose a safe direction. Without a where, a warning is hard to act on precisely.
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The protective action to take. A clear, specific instruction, such as shelter in place, evacuate, avoid the area, or run-hide-fight, drives faster and more correct protective behavior than describing the threat alone.
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Timeabsent0/0
When the message applies. A timestamp, the word now or immediately, or a phrase like until further notice tells the reader whether the danger is current and how quickly to act.
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What the hazard could do to the people in its path. Beyond naming the threat, a complete warning conveys its potential consequences or severity, such as that a tornado can level buildings or that a leak could be explosive, so recipients grasp how much danger they are in. Research on warning message content finds that a concrete impact statement helps people personalize their risk and act sooner.
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About this analysis

Context

Background

The University of Utah is unusual in publicly committing to send a safety warning 'within hours' of a report, and its policy explainer treats stalking as a Clery crime that triggers that duty. The June 2022 Marriott Library case, documented on the university's public-safety alert page and @theU, is one of the rarer stalking warnings that ends in resolution: two women reported being aggressively followed and harassed by the same man across the Marriott Library, the Union Building, and the University Store starting May 31, 2022, and on June 9 University Police arrested him for stalking and trespassing, then issued a permanent campus ban. The case fits stalking's legal definition as a course of conduct against specific targets, which is why the warning emphasized the pattern of repeated encounters over any single act. Gephardt Daily covered the warning. The University of Utah's broader safety-warning program keeps stalking notices in a public, taggable archive, and the institution has continued to flag sexual assault and harassment as top campus-safety concerns in later reporting.

Analysis

Key Findings

The University of Utah publicly commits to sending safety warnings 'within hours' of a report, an unusually explicit timeliness benchmark

The stalking warning described a course of conduct across three named buildings while keeping the two victims anonymous

The case is among the minority of stalking warnings that resolve, ending in arrest and a permanent campus ban

Both the initial warning and the resolution update centered protective action over the suspect's identity

Provenance

Sources

Official
Update: Campus stalking and harassing suspect released from jail - University of Utah Department of Public Safety
publicsafety.utah.edu
archived copy
Official
What you need to know about safety warnings - University of Utah Department of Public Safety
publicsafety.utah.edu
archived copy
News
University of Utah warns of campus stalker - Gephardt Daily
gephardtdaily.com
archived copy

Cite this case

Campus Alert Archive. "University of Utah: Stalking report, June 9, 2022." Incident of June 9, 2022. Added May 2026; last updated July 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/university-of-utah-marriott-library-stalking-warning-2022-06-09/

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Alert text quoted on this page remains the work of the issuing institution; the archive is a secondary source.

Alert Sequence

How the first alert is built

Background

Key Findings

Sources

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