Showing posts with label Daily Police Report. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Daily Police Report. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Man Caught Trespassing at Northwestern Theta House

Suspect in Theta Intrusion Faces Felony Charges

By Patrick W. Connelly
Co-Editor
, The Frat Boy News

A man was caught creeping through two different bedrooms around 3:30 a.m. Friday at Northwestern University's Kappa Alpha Theta house, police said.

Stephen Manning, 24, of Evanston, Ill., was charged with trespassing and possession of cocaine after he was identified by sisters on video taken by the house's security cameras, police said.

Manning was seen on the third floor of the Theta house, police said. He was arrested last year for a similar act in another residence hall, but wasn't charged, reports said.

Monday, December 10, 2007

Penn State Fan Threw Beer at Ohio State Fan at Pike Party

Man Pleads Guilty in Beer Pelting at Penn State Frat Party

By Patrick W. Connelly
Co-Editor
, The Frat Boy News

A University of Pittsburgh student pleaded guilty last week to throwing beer on an Ohio State fan while at a Pi Kappa Alpha party at Penn State University.

Richard Eisenberger Jr., 20, was caught on video in October pelting beer on the Ohio State fan while attending an outdoor party at the Penn State fraternity prior to its football game with the Buckeyes.

Eisenberger was charged with harassment and disorderly conduct for the incident and ordered to pay fines and court costs by a State College judge.

Friday, December 07, 2007

Arizona State Police Looking for Sexual Predator

The Frat Boy News Daily Police Report

As reported by ASU Web Devil

ASU police are investigating a sexual assault on a female ASU student that occurred on Alpha Drive early Sunday morning — the third such investigation on fraternity row since September.

Police don't think the suspect is an ASU student, said Cmdr. Jim Hardina, an ASU police spokesman.

The female victim met the suspect, described as a white male in his early 20s, at a fraternity party on Alpha Drive after the ASU football game Saturday, Hardina said.

"This is an acquaintance rape that we're investigating," he said.

Police don't know if the suspect is involved with a fraternity, Hardina added.

Interfraternity Council President Davey Breitman said Alpha Drive saw "usual football game traffic" Saturday night.

"I absolutely want to see the individuals responsible for the sexual assault apprehended for what they did," said Breitman, a journalism and finance junior.

At a private IFC meeting Monday, fraternity presidents and delegates were told to talk to police about anything that would help the investigation, Breitman said.

Police told Alpha Drive fraternities that the suspect was not a fraternity member, he said.

"At this point, as far as we have heard and as far as what has been said, this (suspect) has no affiliation with Greek life," Breitman said. "It's just unfortunate that the sexual assault occurred near Greek facilities."

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Atlanta Police Bust Joint-Smoking College Student

The Frat Boy News Daily Police Report

As reported by The Atlanta Journal Constitution

A college student was driving on Stone Mountain Parkway outside Atlanta, Ga., when an officer saw him run a red light.

The officer pulled him over and immediately remarked on a strong odor of marijuana coming from inside the car. The driver said he didn't have any drugs. He refused to allow the vehicle to be searched, claiming he was late for school and "needed to go."

The driver grew increasingly nervous while talking with the officer, and then proceeded to scarf down a bag of Doritos.

Upon further questioning, the driver admitted he had smoked a joint moments before being pulled over.

The officer thanked the driver for his honesty. He was arrested.

Monday, November 19, 2007

Student Admits to Hanging Nooses in Classroom

The Frat Boy News Daily Police Report

Central Michigan University (compiled by The Detroit Free Press)


A male student at Central Michigan University has admitted to hanging nooses in a university classroom, campus police said Saturday.

The student called police Saturday morning to confess to fashioning the hate symbols from flexible compressed-gas line used for laboratory work. The nooses were found Nov. 12.

"Whether it was meant as a prank or not, it was still the type of action that we find deplorable," CMU spokesman Steve Smith said Saturday. "We will use this as an opportunity to continue discussions about diversity and inclusion of everybody in America."

Campus Police Chief Stan Dinius said in a news release that his department is completing its investigation and forwarding information to the Isabella County Prosecutor's Office.

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Attacker Targeting Maryland Sorority

The Frat Boy News Daily Police Report

University of Maryland (compiled by NBC4.com)

Female students around the University of Maryland campus are being told to be on the lookout, even in their own homes.

Police said there is a attacker on the loose in College Park, and he is getting bolder. And they are concerned he's targeting women from a particular sorority. The sources did not want to say which sorority is involved for fear it could jeopardize the investigation.

At a forum on the College Park campus, police did say they were looking for any similarities among the victims.Two of the sexual assaults happened early Thursday morning.

All of the incidents happened just east of campus, in neighborhoods heavily occupied by sororities and fraternities, police said. Most of the attacks took place between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m.

Student criticized police at the forum, saying they released too much information about one of the assaults. The victim asked an advocate to tell the audience she was afraid to cooperate any further.

Meantime, police said they are stepping up patrols in the area where the assaults happened, and have plainclothes detectives working the case as well.

Officers also displayed some personal safety devices, like a hand-held motion detector that women can place on their nightstands or hang on their doorknobs to warn them of an intruder.

Wednesday, September 05, 2007

BYU Girl Reported Missing

The Frat Boy News Daily Police Report

Brigham Young University (compiled by FirstCoastNews.com)


Thousands of Brigham Young University students are starting Fall semester Tuesday as family, friends and police search for 22-year-old student Camille Cleverley.

There's been no sign of her since Thursday when she left her Provo, Utah apartment on her bike. Family members and friends spent the holiday weekend putting up fliers to alert the public that Camille is missing.

Police have searched the campus as well as Rock Canyon and the Provo River bike trail, but they have not found any sign of the missing woman.

Police say they have no reason to suspect foul play, but it is a possibility. Investigators say the longer the search lasts, the more they have to consider foul play.

So far there's nothing that necessarily points in that direction. It's been more than five days since Camille disappeared, and there's still no sign of her.

More than 150 volunteers have teamed up with her family to distribute close to 1,500 posters.

Tuesday, September 04, 2007

Charge Dropped Against Pike that Shot Brother

The Frat Boy News Daily Police Report

Kettering University (compiled by DetNews.com)

An judge has dismissed an involuntary manslaughter charge against a 22-year-old man who accidentally shot and killed a fraternity brother at a party in June.

Judge Nanci J. Grant dismissed the charge against Marcus Jun-Mon Yu on Thursday morning, according to court records. Yu pleaded guilty to a charge of discharging a weapon resulting in injury.

On the last weekend in June, a college fraternity party in an Auburn Hills, Mich., apartment turned tragic when Yu accidentally fired a 9 mm handgun in the bedroom. Karl Joseph Hansen, 21, of Pinckney, was sleeping in the room at the time and was fatally shot in the head. He was a fellow engineering student at Kettering University in Flint and fellow member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity.

Yu is scheduled for sentencing before Judge Grant on Oct. 4.

Friday, August 31, 2007

Florida State Students Warned After Campus Robberies

The Frat Boy News Daily Police Report

Florida State University (compiled by Tallahassee.com)

Florida State University students were sent a crime alert Tuesday night that Tallahassee police and FSU police are investigating three robberies at off-campus student apartment complexes.

The first was at 2208 Escambia Drive at 1:45 a.m. July 25, where the robber called out a generic name and the resident opened the door. The second was Sunday at 1001 Ocala Road, Osceola Ridge Apartments, at 11:50 a.m., where the robbers said they were with maintenance.

The most recent was Monday at 1505 W. Tharpe St., the Village on Tharpe, which did not involve a ruse, said Tallahassee police spokesman John Creamer.

"It got me kind of worried because I have a lot of expensive things in my apartment," said FSU junior Rachael Gibbs, 20, about her reaction to the alert. "We always lock our doors, but it makes me a little more hesitant to open the doors to people."

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Over 100 Ball State Students Already Busted for Drinking

The Frat Boy News Daily Police Report

Ball State University (compiled by Chris Sutter, Newslink Indiana)

Over 100 students have been arrested on the Ball State University campus since the beginning of the school year. Gene Burton, Public Safety Director for Ball State said, "the past two weekends, from my point of view, they've been fairly typical first weekends of the academic year."

Zeta Beta Tau was a fraternity that felt the hardest impact of Ball State's crackdown. President Nathan Elsworth said his frat was nearly shut down due to the number of underage drinkers.

"There were some people that went back to the dorms and they were questioned and I guess drew all those questions and basically came back and mentioned us and from what I know the police were called right away and they were here I guess in a few minutes," Elsworth said.

Kaytee Bryns was one of those students partying on frat row. She said the tactics the BSU police Department used were unbelievable.

"Me and my roommate came home and just decided to go to bed because we had been drinking...obviously...and we were woken up about an hour later by the RA's [resident assistants] and then by the cops and they made us blow and then wrote us tickets and told us to go back to bed. So we woke up in the morning to tickets...thinking it was a bad nightmare," Bryns said.

The BSU sophomore says she has hired a lawyer, and plans to deal with the unorthodox policing used in issuing her a ticket for underage drinking. Until then, she plans on a lot of alcohol-free nights in her Ball State dorm room.

Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Mississippi State Girl Charged for Lying About Rape

The Frat Boy News Daily Police Report

Mississippi State University (compiled by Nathan Gregory, The Reflector)

An 18-year-old Mississippi State University student has been arrested and charged with a misdemeanor after falsely reporting that she was raped on campus early Friday morning.

Freshman elementary education major Anna Elizabeth Owens of Holly Springs affirmed to campus police late Friday afternoon that the incident never happened. She was later charged for falsely reporting a crime.

Oktibbeha County Chief Deputy George Carrithers said Owens was released from Oktibbeha County Jail Friday evening on a $250 Justice Court bond.

According to the original police report, the student claimed she picked up her alleged attacker at a social function on campus and drove him to the Northeast Village campus dormitory.
She stated that the man raped her in her car near the complex.

"[The incident] was ... reported to the department sometime between 2 and 2:30 a.m. Friday morning," MSU Police Chief Georgia Lindley said. "Investigators were called to the [Oktibbeha County] hospital to talk to the young lady there."

Lindley said the student confessed to fabricating the account sometime around 4:45 p.m.

"[The fabrication] is most unfortunate," MSU dean of students Mike White said, offering no further comment.

Lindley said she didn't have any knowledge of a motive.

Had the rape actually occurred, it would have been the second instance in which a sexual assault took place on campus in the past month.

Monday, August 27, 2007

Police Insist Stanford Girl Committed Suicide

The Frat Boy News Daily Police Report

Stanford University (compiled by CBS5.com)

Santa Rosa police held a news conference Thursday and reaffirmed their position that Stanford University graduate student May Zhou committed suicide in January.

Zhou was found dead inside the trunk of her car, which was parked at Santa Rosa Community College.

Police said that three empty bottles of Unisom sleeping pills found next to the 23-year-old's body in the trunk indicate that she committed suicide.

That belief by police runs counter to the views of Zhou's father, who stated recently he believes his daughter was murdered.

Yitong Zhou insisted last week that an autopsy in May arranged by his family in San Diego found blunt force trauma to his daughter's head and extremities.

But during Thursday's press conference, police Sgt. Paul Henry said there was no evidence of foul play.

An official autopsy by Dr. Kelly Arthur of the Sonoma County coroner's office found no outward signs of trauma to Zhou's body and toxicology test results determined Zhou had 6.1 milligrams per liter of diphenhydramine, the active ingredient in over-the-counter sleep medication in her system, Henry said.

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Boston College Wants to Cut Back Partying

The Frat Boy News Daily Police Report

Boston College (compiled by TownOnline.com)

Boston College students caught partying off campus this school year will face arrest as the school rolls out a new zero-tolerance policy and team policing to cut down on the raucous undergraduate revelry that disturbs Brighton neighbors.

“We are sending a message, setting the tone, and we want to see how this works,” said BC’s vice president of community affairs, Tom Keady, at a BC task force meeting Tuesday.

Under BC’s plan, the school would hire five Boston Police officers to patrol problem areas such as Cleveland Circle, Chestnut Hill Avenue and Lake Street on Thursday through Saturday nights side by side with Boston College Police. The school would pay for the overtime details with its own funds. “To my knowledge, this has never been done before,” Keady said in reference to the team policing.

In the past, BC Police only had jurisdiction on campus and could do little to stop off-campus parties, BC Police Chief Robert Morse said. This year, the BC Police are working on obtaining sheriff’s powers in Suffolk County.

“Zero tolerance means they’ll be arrested,” Morse said. “We’re hiring Boston Police to arrest students.”

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Two Notre Dame Students Shot Outside Bar

The Frat Boy News Daily Police Report

Notre Dame University (compiled by JCOnline.com)

Police investigators searched Tuesday for a gunman who wounded two University of Notre Dame students as they stood outside a bar near the campus, authorities said.

The shooting happened about 1 a.m. Tuesday outside Club 23 several blocks south of Notre Dame campus. Police said a man who had an argument with the two students returned minutes later with two others in a vehicle and fired five shots at the men.

Witnesses were unable to give a detailed description of the man or the vehicle.

"We know that words were exchanged," city police Capt. Phil Trent said. "That's all we know."

Police said the injured students were Matthew J. Collins, 22, who was hospitalized in stable condition following surgery after being shot in the leg and abdomen, and Mitchell Depree, 21, who was treated and released from a hospital for a leg wound.

Police and residents said the shooting was out of character for the neighborhood.

"I'm amazed that happened around here," said Doug Knox, who lives nearby. "We haven't had anything like this."

Notre Dame officials said the school, which begins its fall semester next week, had offered assistance to the students' families.

"Our prayers are with these students and their families," Notre Dame's president, the Rev. John I. Jenkins, said in a statement.

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Notre Dame Quarterback Cited for Alcohol Violation

The Frat Boy News Daily Police Report

Notre Dame University (compiled by Freep.com)

Notre Dame freshman quarterback Jimmy Clausen has entered a pretrial diversion program after receiving a misdemeanor citation for transporting alcohol as a minor, a newspaper reports.

Indiana State Excise Police cited Clausen and a 23-year-old on June 23 outside a liquor store near the Notre Dame campus, police said Friday.

Excise police were in an unmarked car outside the store to catch minors attempting to get alcohol, a police spokesman, told the South Bend Tribune.

Clausen, the nation's No. 1 recruit in the last recruiting cycle, was cited for a misdemeanor citation, while the 23-year-old, a recent Notre Dame graduate, was cited for inducing a minor to possess alcohol, an infraction.

Clausen declined comment Friday. Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis also declined comment.

Police said the 23-year-old entered the store and bought vodka, whiskey and beer.
Clausen remained outside the store in a Chevrolet Tahoe along with another Notre Dame freshman, who was not cited.

Clausen has entered a pretrial diversion program with the St. Joseph County prosecutor's office, said Linda Scopelitis, who directs the program. Under the terms of the agreement, signed on July 11, Clausen agreed to pay a $170 fee and to not commit a similar offense for a year.

Monday, August 20, 2007

Baylor Police Put an End to Cheerleading Squabble

The Frat Boy News Daily Police Report

Baylor University (compiled by Tim Woods, WacoTrib.com)

Baylor University police were called to the McLane Student Life Center on Aug. 10 to quell an incident between a former assistant cheerleading coach and the school’s newly hired director of spirit and athletic traditions.

The incident occurred between former assistant cheerleading coach Rachael Johnson and new coach Susie Oliver when Johnson went to the building before the first practice of the year for Baylor’s All-Girl Cheer Team, according to Johnson, who wrote about the incident on her blog.

No arrests were made, and Baylor Department of Public Safety Chief Jim Doak said “it was a nonevent for us, basically.”

Johnson wrote that she and her husband went early to the practice after women from the team invited her to give her a present and say goodbye. After Johnson opened the gift and began talking to team members, Oliver walked in and asked to speak with Johnson outside, Johnson said.

Johnson said she had been trying to contact Oliver for two weeks without a return phone call, so “I politely told her that I was sorry, but I would not be following her outside and that we could talk after I finished saying goodbye to the girls.”

According to Johnson’s account, Oliver then began to yell at her, at which point Johnson’s husband, Aaron, a graduate student at Baylor’s Truett Seminary, “asked her to please refrain from yelling at me.”

Oliver then called campus police, who took down Johnson’s name without further action, she said.

The incident came at the end of a brief period which saw Johnson dismissed as assistant coach and Oliver named to the newly created position of director of spirit and athletic traditions.

Friday, August 17, 2007

Credit Card Thefts Becoming a Trend at Florida

The Frat Boy News daily campus police report for the Weekend:

University of Florida (compiled by Lise Fisher, Gainesville.com)

Burglars are using credit cards stolen from purses and wallets left in vehicles, and they have targeted parking lots in Gainesville and on the University of Florida campus, police said Thursday.

Detectives from three area police departments met Thursday to share information about a series of vehicle burglaries and credit card thefts that appear to be related.

The thefts date back over the past few weeks. The most recent occurred over the weekend in Alachua.

Officers believe a group of thieves is looking for vehicles where motorists have left purses and wallets inside, said Alachua Police Detective Darry Lloyd. Once they spot a target, they break into the vehicle, take the belongings and then immediately use the stolen credit cards at area stores to purchase hundreds of dollars in gift cards.

Most of the gift cards have been bought at CVS and Walgreen stores as well as at the Oaks Mall, Lloyd said.

In the Alachua theft case, the credit card owner discovered about an hour after the vehicle burglary occurred that approximately $1,500 had been charged on the stolen credit card.

The scam may not be limited to Alachua County. Lloyd said officers have tracked some purchases involving the scam to South Florida.

Several burglaries have occurred in Gainesville, said Lt. Keith Kameg with the Gainesville Police Department.

Five vehicle burglaries July 21 near the Bat House at the UF campus also were broken into and appear to have been targeted as part of the scam, said UF Police Detective David Taylor.

Officers have released photos of two men, seen using the stolen credit cards, at stores in the hopes employees at local businesses may recognize the pair.

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Kansas Police Looking for Fake Magazine Salesmen

The Frat Boy News daily campus police report for Thursday:

University of Kansas (compiled by Benita Y. Williams, KansasCity.com)

University of Kansas police are investigating reports of fake magazine salesmen on their Lawrence campus. At least two students lost money.

Police said two unidentified men were selling magazines Tuesday afternoon in Lewis and Templin residence halls. However, the company they claimed to represent does not exist.

University police are reminding students to report anything that seems suspicious and not to let strangers into their dorm rooms or homes. They also remind students that giving personal information to a stranger could lead to being the victim of identity theft.

University officials also said solicitation is not allowed in any KU residence facility. Those selling items in other areas of the campus must have a license from the city and written permission from the university

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Iowa Police Blow Up Backpack After E-mail Bomb Threat

The Frat Boy News daily campus police report for Wednesday:

University of Iowa (compiled by Pat Curtis, RadioIowa)

A bomb squad blew up a unattended back pack outside Jesup Hall Monday - following a campus-wide alert about pipe bombs. Officials says the back pack did not contain explosives. The alert was issued following anonymous e-mails indicating that four pipe bombs were placed on university property.

U-I Public Safety Director Chuck Green says the location of the package was suspicious. Green says they're still at the beginning of the investigation and will try to follow the information found in the backpack.

Green says the e-mail threat didn't indicate where the pipe bombs are located or why they were placed on campus. U-I Information technology employees are working on tracing the e-mail.

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

PSU Tau Epsilon Phi House Vandalized

The Frat Boy News daily campus police report for Tuesday:

Penn State Univesity (compiled by The Centre Daily Times)

Three first-floor rooms at Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity were vandalized over the weekend, borough police said.

Brothers at the house reported the vandalism about 10:40 a.m. Saturday. Police said someone -- or some people -- had written messages on walls of the first-floor rooms while the fraternity brothers were asleep upstairs.

An estimate of the monetary value of the damage was not immediately available.

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