Man who was arrested at the university of Saint Augustine for alleged copper theft.

The Raleigh police announced on Friday that they were arrested by a man who was accused of stealing copper by heating, ventilation and air conditioning on the university campus.

Around 8:26 a.m. Friday, the Raleigh police reacted to the 1315 Oakwood Ave. in relation to theft of air conditioning systems. The officials arrested Ronald Hyman on Friday, but did not say which construction of the alleged crime was done.

The police did not say whether they were looking for other participants.

On Friday, Wral News spoke to Sandy Chapman, who works with certainty and landscape design at the university as a track trainer. Chapman said several men stolen from a building.

“I hadn't seen how they broken in,” said Chapman. “The boys I saw this morning [had] Already took the air conditioning apart and stacked them onto a car to move them.

“I like you have to go out here, I call the police and you go to prison. '”

Chapman said the men then jumped a fence.

“I called my supervisor and he said,” Call the police, “said Chapman.

On Friday, Sky 5 flew over a building on campus with broken windows.

According to the Raleigh police, the security of the campus on the Saint Augustine's University campus reported that someone burned an abandoned building on the campus based in Raleigh last month.

On Saturday, June 28th, around 10:14 p.m., the Raleigh police reacted to support the Raleigh fire department at the crime scene in the Sarah Hunter Lane 1341. Nobody was injured, the Raleigh police said.

The fire was out when the first aiders arrived according to the police. The Raleigh fire brigade said the scene was safe.

Brandstifter Investigators of the Raleigh fire brigade reacted to the scene and took responsibility for the investigation.

It is unclear whether Hyman was involved in the incident of June 28th.

The crimes come in the middle of the recent financial problems of Saint Augustine.

Chapman described the financial situation of the university “quite depressing”.

“I worked free of charge and I had to cut off a lot of colleagues who were stepped down or let go because it was too much argument,” said Chapman. “I'm here to the ship [goes] down. “

The University of St. Augustine undertakes to continue fighting to maintain accreditation

At the beginning of July, an arbitration proceedings confirmed the decision of an appeal committee to maintain the Southern Association of Colleges and School's commission for universities (SACSCOC) in order to remove the University of Saint Augustine from membership.

In response to this, Sau plans to submit an injunction to the court in order to maintain their accreditation status and to work to maintain this stand.

The university says it remains accredited and ready for operation in autumn 2025 semester when the legal dispute processes.

It was a turbulent two -year period for sow, the enrollment in spring 2024 was relocated to all virtual classes to all virtual classes.