{
  "id": "2022-06-09-university-of-utah-marriott-library-stalking-warning",
  "slug": "university-of-utah-marriott-library-stalking-warning-2022-06-09",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Utah",
    "shortName": "Utah",
    "state": "UT",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Safety Warning",
    "enrollment": 33000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2022-06-09",
    "type": "stalking",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "headline": "Sex offender who stalked two women in the library is arrested and banned from campus",
    "headlinePublic": "Sex offender who stalked two women in the library is arrested and banned from campus",
    "summary": "The University of Utah issued a [Safety Warning](https://publicsafety.utah.edu/alerts/safety-warning/reported-stalking-and-harassment/) 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clery_Act) safety-warning process.",
    "resolution": "confirmed-threat"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Early June 2022, after reports beginning May 31, 2022",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "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.\n\nUmoren 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.\n\nThe 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.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://publicsafety.utah.edu/alerts/safety-warning/reported-stalking-and-harassment/",
      "sourceDescription": "University of Utah Public Safety safety warning — Marriott Library stalking arrest (June 9 body)",
      "annotations": [
        "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"
      ],
      "characterCount": 1017
    },
    {
      "sequence": 2,
      "type": "update",
      "timestampApprox": "On or about June 9, 2022, following the arrest",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "U of U ALERT: Campus Stalking and Harassing Suspect Released from Jail\n[June 16, 2022 | 10:21 am]\nNote: 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.\n\nTrigger Warning: This alert discusses sensitive information pertaining to sexual misconduct. Information about resources is available here.\n\nSAFETY 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.\n\nOn 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.\n\nUmoren 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.\n\nThe 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.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://publicsafety.utah.edu/alerts/safety-warning/reported-stalking-and-harassment/",
      "sourceDescription": "University of Utah DPS Safety Warning (official)",
      "annotations": [
        "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"
      ],
      "characterCount": 1956
    }
  ],
  "context": "The University of Utah is unusual in publicly committing to send a safety warning 'within hours' of a report, and its [policy explainer](https://publicsafety.utah.edu/home-safety-news/what-you-need-to-know-about-safety-warnings/) 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](https://publicsafety.utah.edu/alerts/safety-warning/reported-stalking-and-harassment/) and [@theU](https://attheu.utah.edu/campus-life/alert/reported-stalking-and-harassment/), 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](https://gephardtdaily.com/local/university-of-utah-warns-of-campus-stalker/) covered the warning. The University of Utah's broader [safety-warning program](https://publicsafety.utah.edu/tag/stalking/) keeps stalking notices in a public, taggable archive, and the institution has continued to flag sexual assault and harassment as [top campus-safety concerns](https://www.deseret.com/utah/2025/09/26/university-of-utah-safety-reports/) in later reporting.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "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"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Update: Campus stalking and harassing suspect released from jail - University of Utah Department of Public Safety",
      "url": "https://publicsafety.utah.edu/alerts/safety-warning/reported-stalking-and-harassment/",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "What you need to know about safety warnings - University of Utah Department of Public Safety",
      "url": "https://publicsafety.utah.edu/home-safety-news/what-you-need-to-know-about-safety-warnings/",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "University of Utah warns of campus stalker - Gephardt Daily",
      "url": "https://gephardtdaily.com/local/university-of-utah-warns-of-campus-stalker/",
      "type": "local-media"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "stalking",
    "timely-warning",
    "utah",
    "university-of-utah",
    "course-of-conduct",
    "arrest",
    "campus-ban",
    "public-r1"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-05-28",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-18",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}