Michigan State University students walked into Wells Hall for the first day of final exams on April 27, unaware that campus police had investigated a trespasser carrying bottles of unknown substances in the school’s largest academic building hours earlier.
MSU’s Department of Police and Public Safety arrived at Wells Hall to investigate a report of a “trespasser” at approximately 9:20 p.m. on Sunday, April 26.
There, officers made contact with Xin Tong, a former MSU mathematics graduatestudent, carrying multiple bags on the fifth floor of the “C” Wing.Tong, 31, would later be arrested on charges of possessing chemicals used in the manufacturing of methamphetamine and malicious destruction of property on April 27…