UTAH LAPTOP STOLEN FROM UTAH VALLEY STATE COLLEGE UVSC basketball player arrested for a burglary in Orem :: The Daily Herald, Provo UtahTwo separate incidents in the past week have landed one Utah Valley State College basketball player in jail for a burglary in Orem and have police seeking an unidentified teammate for questioning in connection with a simple assault in Salt Lake City.

Orem police arrested David A. Heck, 19, of Orem on Saturday morning on a charge of possession of stolen property after a purportedly stolen laptop computer was found in his apartment at Village on the Parkway, Orem Police Lt. Doug Edwards said. Heck was booked into Utah County Jail and has been released on his own recognizance.

Orem officers say they have identified a second suspect involved in the incident and are expected to take him into custody, Edwards said. He did not name the suspect.

Meanwhile, Salt Lake City police were looking for a UVSC basketball player in connection with a simple assault that allegedly occurred early Thursday morning outside Club Vortex in downtown Salt Lake City.

Heck, a sophomore forward on UVSC men's team, is currently enrolled in the school, said Derek Hall, UVSC spokesman. Athletic director Mike Jacobsen was trying Monday to meet with the student athletes, he said.

UVSC men's basketball coach Dick Hunsaker said Monday he had only heard Heck's side of the story and could not comment.

Heck and a second man are suspected of entering an unlocked apartment Saturday morning at Village on the Parkway. The victim, who was sleeping in the apartment at the time, heard voices and awoke to find his $1,200 laptop computer and $300 speakers were gone. The victim called the police at about 2 a.m.

A witness saw the men in the area, Edwards said, and identified them for police.

"They eventually found the computer in Mr. Heck's apartment, and he was arrested," Edwards said.

Two days earlier, Salt Lake police responded to a call of simple assault outside Club Vortex, 404 S. West Temple St., involving a UVSC basketball player, according to a Salt Lake City Police Department report.

The Herald learned about the incident from an e-mail Monday.

Police did not release the player's name. Names were blacked out in the Salt Lake police report.

According to the report, the assault stemmed from a basketball game played earlier in an Orem gym. The game became heated and an argument broke out.

Later, participants happened to be at Club Vortex at the same time, the police report said. Three brothers left the club and were walking north and were stopped by six others at about 390 S. West Temple, the report said. Some comments about the game were exchanged and one man was punched in the face, it said