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Magazine solicitor arrested, banned from campus

Written by Jason Joyce, The Shorthorn staff

Wednesday, 18 February 2009 07:18 PM

University police officer Robbins handcuffs Eric Reno for two warrants issued from the Saginaw Police Department for soliciting without a permit and failure to appear in court Wednesday outside Ransom Hall. Reno received a criminal trespass warning after caught soliciting magazines. (The Shorthorn: Rasy Ran)

University Police arrested a solicitor selling magazine subscriptions outside Ransom Hall on Wednesday afternoon after officers discovered there were active warrants for his arrest.

The individual, identified through Arlington jail records as Eric Reno, was booked on warrants issued in Saginaw, a suburb north of Fort Worth, that charged him with soliciting without a permit and failure to appear in court.

Following his arrest, Reno was issued a criminal trespass warning for the campus, assistant police chief Rick Gomez said.

Under university policy, only vendors authorized by Student Governance and Organizations and Student Activities are allowed to sell on campus. Bonnie Rodriguez, a Student Activities support specialist who handles campus vendor requests, said she’d never heard of Reno.

If he applied for permission to sell on campus, his application likely wouldn’t have been approved, she said. Magazine subscriptions don’t fit in the category of items vendors are authorized to sell.

Correction

Eric Reno was arrested for outstanding warrants. A headline in Thursday’s paper about that incident was incorrect.

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