A UTM student has been referred to Student Affairs after confessing to vandalizing two light pole globes.

Officer Chad Worley noticed during his patrol on March 28 that two light pole globes on the east side of Austin Peay Hall, directly across from the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity house, were broken. Worley then spoke to a member of the fraternity about the incident.

According to the police report, the chaplain and head of the Ethics and Standards Committee, Philip Rhodes, told the Office of Public Safety that the fraternity was in the process of questioning members of the organization to determine if any of them were involved.

On the morning of March 30, Brian Heller, 22, of Knoxville went to Public Safety and, after waiving his Miranda rights, confessed to damaging the two globes.

In the report, Heller said that he was hitting golf balls at the light globes with the intention of breaking them. Heller also said that, after several attempts, he did break two of the globes and that he was willing to make restitution for them.

OPS Chief Rick Hatler contacted Physical Plant Supervisor Tim Nipp regarding the incident. No criminal charges were filed and the matter was referred to Student Affairs. Heller is expected to pay full restitution for the cost of the globes.

Nipp told The Pacer that each globe costs $300, totaling a restitution amount of $600.