fwiw - also from today's EVT - interesting that the police didn't think that there was anything to warrant an arrest....& that they didn't contact ASU....
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/index.php?sty=38755
excerpt:
Wade had a recent history of brandishing a gun, according to a Scottsdale Police Department field report released Tuesday. On March 9, a friend of van Blommestein complained to police that Wade was stalking the soccer player.
"The friend was fearful for Haley," said Scottsdale police Sgt. Mark Clark.
Van Blommestein’s friend requested an officer watch over her house in central Scottsdale because the couple was headed to her home, where she lives with her roommate, and she was "scared that Wade was coming over," the report states.
The woman, whose name was not released, told police Wade carried a gun and had pulled it on van Blommestein earlier this month, the log said.
One of the women at the home told ABC15 that Wade had physically assaulted van Blommestein. After Wade could not reach van Blommestein by phone, he called one of the women, saying "I’m going to (expletive) kill you. I’m crazy," the woman told the news station.
Scottsdale police said they did not report the incident to ASU officials. An officer determined that no crime had taken place that night, Clark said.
Van Blommestein also called Chandler police twice earlier this month in fear of Wade, according to police records released Tuesday.
Van Blommestein called police at 6 p.m. March 3 reporting that Wade was at her Chandler apartment with a key, threatening to destroy her things. She called from a cell phone, saying she was headed to her apartment.
When police arrived, neither Wade nor van Blommestein were there, and a report wasn’t filed.
Six days later, van Blommestein called police again saying that Wade had threatened her life and he was on his way to her apartment to destroy things again, the records show. She did not report any weapons.
A half an hour later, she told the officers who arrived that she no longer wanted to file a report.
COACH INTERVENES
In between those two reports, on March 6, Wade argued with van Blommestein, causing other soccer players to become concerned for her safety, according to soccer coach Ray Leone.
Leone said Tuesday he told Koetter that Wade and van Blommestein were arguing and that soccer players told him Wade had a gun. Koetter left a telephone message for Wade, who returned his call two hours later. Wade told him he was breaking up with van Blommestein as they spoke.
Koetter said he then spoke directly to van Blommestein and asked her if Wade had a gun and whether she felt threatened. She said "no" Koetter said he then advised Wade to not make any poor decisions and met with him the next morning.
"Dirk did everything he possibly could," Leone said. "He talked to her. He talked to Loren. He got right back to me about it."
The football coach had already been through a similar experience involving Wade last year. In November, Wade threatened ASU gymnast Trisha Dixon, with whom he had a relationship, according to gymnastics coach John Spini, also present at Tuesday’s news conference.
Van Blommestein, Dixon and the third woman could not be reached for comment.
Spini said Dixon called him to report that a man told her to be careful walking alone.
"She was scared, but she would not tell me the name of the individual," said the gymnastics coach.
Spini eventually convinced her to disclose the name of the man. Dixon told her Wade made the threat, but she did not want police involved.
Spini next called Smith and the athletic director told him to call Koetter. Spini said, "She said she was afraid for her life, that he told her ‘Don’t be walking alone.’ "
Koetter said he spoke to Wade and Wade’s mother. The football player then called the gymnastics coach and apologized, saying he was angry about the relationship.
Wade then called Dixon, Spini said. "He apologized and there have been no other incidents and he has never been around her since," he said.
POLICE NOT CONTACTED
In early March, Koetter directed Wade to seek counseling after the player told him he was afraid of succumbing to a sports injury. The coach said Wade attended the sessions for some time, but stopped when he felt they were no longer beneficial. The counselors did not see any signs of potential violence, Koetter said.
Koetter said he believed the incidents reported to him by Spini and Leone involved personal relationships with the women, and that neither dispute appeared threatening.
"It becomes a lot of he said/ she said issues," Koetter said. "These are not necessarily life-long relationships that last forever. And they are at a time in their lives where they’re all at different phases maturitywise. So sometimes things are said and done that are not criminal in nature, but are hurtful in what comes out of their mouths."
ASU officials, including Crow, Koetter and outgoing athletic director Gene Smith, said they handled the threats internally, rather than contacting police.
"If I thought in any way, any kind of outcome like this would have happened, I would have acted differently," Koetter said.
Koetter and Smith also acknowledged that they failed to discuss the threats publicly until questioned about them by reporters Monday night. Earlier Monday, Smith said there was nothing in Wade’s past to suggest he was capable of violence.
Koetter said Wade was involved in additional, yet undisclosed, conduct-related issues. Koetter said the issues were not relationship-based, but he declined to elaborate further.
"There is no purpose at this point. You can’t bring back Brandon Falkner," Koetter said. ASU is not releasing funeral information to respect the privacy of the Falkner family.
Koetter also said he recently learned another football player knew Wade had a gun, but didn’t report it to him. He and Smith said they didn’t discuss the previous threats on Monday because they were still dealing with the shock of the killing.
The shooting has not affected Ohio State’s decision to hire Smith as athletic director, said Ohio State spokeswoman Elizabeth Conlisk.
"Arizona State University and Gene Smith are handling this event with sensitivity and compassion," she said in an emailed statement.
jumping ot conclusions that aren't warranted
