UCLA backup punter Adam Searl was arrested Thursday for allegedly raping another student. Searl met the student at an off-campus party last October, police said. Searl accompanied her to a residence, where she fell asleep and woke up to him sexually assaulting her. Searl, 20, was taken into custody Thursday on three charges of rape […]
Author Archives: Roberto Luna Jr.
LAPD determines suspicious package did not contain bomb
Police determined Wednesday that a suspicious package on Kelton Avenue did not contain a bomb. The Los Angeles Police Department received a call around noon reporting a suspicious cardboard box, said Arren Jefferson, LAPD spokesperson. After three hours of investigation, the LAPD’s bomb squad determined the package did not pose a threat. A portion of […]
University police releases Clery report with 2014 crime statistics
The number of reported forcible sexual offenses on campus decreased last year after a sharp increase in 2013, while numbers of other crimes stayed relatively constant, according to a university police report released Thursday. Forcible sex offenses in 2014 decreased to 26, after they increased from 15 in 2012 to 34 in 2013, according to […]
Graphic: Westwood Village street closure
UCPD arrest student for allegedly inappropriately touching children
A UCLA student was arrested Tuesday for allegedly inappropriately touching three children during a UCLA women’s soccer match at Drake Stadium on Sept. 25. University police arrested the 25-year-old fourth-year student on suspicion of a lewd act involving a 14-year-old child, said UCPD spokesperson Nancy Greenstein. UCPD put out an alert Saturday that said the […]
UCLA comes to settlement over sale of Hannah Carter Japanese Garden
This post was updated on Oct. 1 at 6:06 p.m. UCLA reached an agreement over the disputed sale of the Hannah Carter Japanese Garden in Bel Air, officials announced Wednesday. Under the agreement, UCLA would be able to sell the property, but must ensure that the new owner preserves the garden for at least 30 […]
UCPD looking for suspect in Sepulveda Boulevard burglary
University police are searching for a man who attempted to force his way into a UCLA student’s university apartment on Sepulveda Boulevard Tuesday night. The man knocked at the students’ apartment at 3191 Sepulveda Blvd. about 9 p.m., but one of the students did not initially see the man through the peephole, according to a […]