Teen strangled student after being blocked on Snapchat: Cops
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Background: The University of Missouri campus in Columbus, Mo. (Google Maps). Inset: Maxwell Warren (Boone County Jail).

An 18-year-old University of Missouri student has been prohibited from entering the campus following allegations of assaulting a peer who had blocked him on Snapchat, according to police reports.

Maxwell Warren is currently detained without the possibility of bail at Boone County Jail. He faces charges including three counts of domestic assault and one count of burglary. As detailed in a probable cause statement cited by Law&Crime, Warren allegedly forced entry into another student’s dormitory after discovering he had been blocked on the social media platform in late September. During the ensuing confrontation, Warren is accused of grabbing the student by the neck and demanding, “What do you think you are doing? You need to add me back right now.”

The victim informed authorities that they did unblock Warren on Snapchat, but the aggressive encounters reportedly did not cease there.

Authorities noted that Warren arrived at the student’s dormitory on the very day he realized he had been blocked, September 26. Upon his unannounced visit, the victim cautiously opened their door slightly, at which point Warren allegedly pushed his way inside. Following the purported assault, the student documented the incident by photographing the “red mark” left on their neck.

Two days after the incident, Warren reportedly reached out to the student via Instagram, expressing remorse for his actions by stating, “I feel awful. U deserve so much better.”

Two days after that, during a conversation on Snapchat, the student confronted Warren about the incident, saying, “[Y]ou put your hands on me.” Warren allegedly responded, “I would do it again, I f—ing hate you, I would gladly beat your a—.”

About a month later, on Oct. 29, Warren made contact with the student again and went to the student’s room; this time, with consent. The student told police that Warren “was possibly under the influence of a narcotic” and made sexual advances. When the student declined those advances and told Warren they “just wanted to sleep,” Warren became “frustrated” and allegedly strangled the student again.

According to the probable cause statement, the student “briefly lost consciousness” and woke up with their “whole body twitching uncontrollably.” The student told Warren to never contact them again.

In a second probable cause statement, officers were dispatched to a parking structure on the University of Missouri campus the same day, Oct. 29, after a witness reportedly saw Warren “push a female to the ground.” When Warren was questioned by police, he claimed that the woman hit him first and “chased” him. Police said that surveillance video taken from the parking structure “did not support this claim.”

What the video did show, according to police, was Warren pushing the woman down. A pickup truck then entered the frame, and someone from inside the truck intervened in the alleged altercation. The woman then left the scene in the truck.

Warren was charged with three counts of domestic assault, one of them causing serious physical injury, and one count of burglary. He is being held without bond at Boone County Jail until his next court date on Nov. 10. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Dec. 9.

Local ABC affiliate KMIZ reported that Warren has been banned from the University of Missouri campus. University spokesperson Christopher Ave stated, “Maxwell Warren is barred from the University of Missouri campus, classes, and other university activities pending further investigation into allegations surrounding the criminal charges against him. The university does not tolerate acts of violence and holds accountable anyone found to violate the law or university policies. If Warren is released from jail and attempts to enter Mizzou’s campus, he is subject to arrest.”

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