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Police Beat for November 18

Tue, 11/17/2009 - 21:09

Domestic Violence

Nov. 9: Domestic violence was reported at Wyview Park. Two male roommates were arguing over the temperature control setting of the thermostat when things got too heated and one roommate began assaulting the other. The males were separated and one was issued a citation. The cited individual left the apartment and stayed somewhere else for the evening.
 

Harassment

Nov. 13: At 5:30 p.m. a woman was walking up Maeser hill to the testing center when a Latino male walked up behind her, asked her the time, then grabbed her buttocks. The suspect then ran westbound on the path and the female began chasing him. The suspect then stopped, turned around, and yelled obscenities at the victim. The female reported the incident to the police two and a half hours later, after she took her test.
 

Suspicious Activity

Police Beat: Nov. 10

By Daily Universe

- Wed, 11/11/2009 - 00:19

Suspicious activity

Nov. 5: A man in his 60s and woman in her 20s showed up at the Morris Center. They went to the back of the cafeteria where the woman posed provocatively while the man took her picture. An employee asked who they were and the man said he was a BYU alumnus. They were gone when police arrived.
Nov. 5: Fireworks were reported at Helaman Halls. By the time officers arrived, the suspects were gone.

Criminal mischief

Police Beat for Nov. 4

By Daily Universe

- Wed, 11/04/2009 - 00:47

Costume Crimes

Police Beat for October 28

Tue, 10/27/2009 - 19:24

Suspicious Activity

October 16: Vandalism was reported on the Y. Police investigated and found that someone had placed butcher paper on the Y. Police removed the paper.

October 20: A homeless person was reported walking east on campus. Once he was identified, the police determined he was OK and he was left on his own accord.

October 20: A male was reported checking cars at Wymount Terrace in the middle of the night. Officers were dispatched and discovered the man was just with his girlfriend visiting his brother.

Disorderly Conduct

Police Beat for October 21

Tue, 10/20/2009 - 20:11

Explosives

Oct. 15 A fire alarm in Helaman Halls was tripped. Firecrackers had been ignited in the 2200 hall of the building. Heat from the firecrackers scorched the carpets and set off the alarms. Students were questioned but the perpetrator was not identified.

 

Oct. 16 A resident of Heritage Halls called the police claiming she heard gunshots outside her apartment. Officers arrived and found remnants of two dry ice bombs.

 

Oct. 16 Dry ice bomb remnants were found in the Marriott pedestrian tunnel. Police say this has become a recurring problem that usually takes place on Thursday nights. Police warn that the penalty for this offense is a second-degree felony.

 

Police Beat for October 14

Tue, 10/13/2009 - 22:35

Suspicious Activity

October 2: A call was made reporting a suspicious male entering a vehicle while the alarm was sounding. The man was gone when police arrived.
October 6: A suspicious looking backpack and lunch box were reported to be on Maeser Hill. Police came, but they did not find anything.
October 9: A suspicious male was reported to be wearing a long black coat and cracking a whip in a parking lot. Police were not able to find him.
October 9: At midnight an officer at the bell tower heard a loud crack at Heritage Halls. It sounded like a gunshot or a dry ice bomb. Students pointed him in the direction of the noise, but he was unable to find evidence of a gun or dry ice bomb.
 

Theft

Police Beat September 30

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 14:39

Suspicious Activity

September 19: People were reported to be on the Y with flashlights at the Y mountain trailhead. Police showed up and the people left the area.

September 21: A report was made about a suspicious individual walking around with an electronic device at Valley View Park. It turned out to be the housing security officer.


September 21: A call from Helaman Halls was made reporting suspicious conduct. A female reported her picture has been taken twice. She said someone knocked on her window and took her picture. It turned out to be two males, one in a red coat and one in a yellow shirt.  The police were unable to locate the two men.

Theft

Police Beat for September 23

Tue, 09/22/2009 - 20:24

September 17

A man was driving south on 900 East when he heard a loud clinking noise on the driver’s side of his car.  Believing someone shot his vehicle with a BB gun, he exited his car to investigate.  When the police arrived, they could find no one or any damage done to the vehicle.

A hot air balloon was reported floating over campus.  The officers responded and confirmed that there was a hot air balloon, but as BYU does not own the airspace no action was taken.

A caller reported there was an injured duck in the intersection of East Campus Drive and 1060 North.  An officer arrived and took custody of the duck, gently removing it from the road.  The officer called Provo Animal Control and they came and picked up the animal.
 

September 16

Police Beat for September 16

By Scott Richards

- Tue, 09/15/2009 - 19:48

September 3: A student checked out seven library books last winter. He just reported the $140 worth of books being stolen from his car.

September 3: A student went to the ID center to purchase a new ID card after losing his. It was discovered that his card had been stolen and was used to purchase $45 worth of ice cream from a Smith Fieldhouse vending machine.

September 4: A backpack was stolen from the Cannon Center.  When officers arrived they looked through the cubbies one more time and found the backpack.

The best of Police Beat: spring and summer

Mon, 08/10/2009 - 21:42

By STEPHANIE HUNT and BETHANY MORGAN

While crime is taken seriously on campus, students find joy in reading what crazy things happen on a daily basis right under their very own noses.

Suspicious Activity

May 21: A female transient was found eating red juniper berries on the east side of the Benson Building. She told officers she was looking for a place to live. They advised her not to eat the berries off the bushes.

July 3: Officers responded to a suspicious person at the Bookstore upset about the deodorant selection. The person picked up a stick of deodorant, kicked it across the floor, then paid for the deodorant and left.