RICHMOND, Va. – The Richmond Police Department and VCU Police are working together to investigate the death of a VCU student that was found in an off-campus residence early Saturday. The university identified the student as Adam Oakes in a statement posted to Twitter Sunday afternoon. According to university officials, the Delta Chi fraternity’s national office issued a cease-and-desist order to the VCU chapter on Saturday, to which VCU took similar action on Sunday as a continuation of the investigation. In the statement, Delta Chi also encouraged all fraternity members to cooperate with law enforcement in the investigation. We were devastated to learn of the death of a student at Virginia Commonwealth University and extend our condolences to the family, friends, and everyone touched by this heart-breaking news.

RICHMOND, Va. After nearly a month, authorities in Richmond arrested another person in connection with rioting in the city. On Wednesday, Richmond police arrested Lucas Couturier, 20, of Richmond, for two crimes committed during the July 25 riot. Thats not all Couturier was arrested for. VCU Police charged him with two counts of destruction on property and two counts of inciting a riot in connection with what police called, extensive property damage and rioting on July 26 and 27. Campus police said that Couturier has no affiliation with the university.