Category Archives: Crime

Walking on Broxton Avenue on a Friday night, it’s not hard to miss the homeless strolling among hordes of young people waiting to see a movie or be seated at a restaurant. One standing in front of Starbucks identified himself as James Reed. He had alcohol on his breath and a backpack on his back […]

The LGBT Resource Center was vandalized and burglarized in a series of attacks on Sunday and Monday nights in what university police has classified as hate crimes. The resource center, located in the Student Activities Center, had a concrete rock thrown through a window Sunday night that caused additional damage inside the building. Then, assailants […]

After close to six weeks of being considered missing, UCLA student Ahmad Arain returned to his Anaheim home unharmed late Sunday evening, family members said. Arain’s family members picked him up from the California-Mexico border after Arain contacted them and notified them of his whereabouts, said close family friend Shakeel Syed, adding that Arain had […]

With the lack of new developments in the case of missing UCLA student Ahmad Arain, the Arain family has doubled the reward offered for information leading to Arain’s safe return. Family members announced Monday that $20,000 would be offered for valuable information regarding Arain’s whereabouts. Arain, a fourth-year computer science student, was reported missing July 23 when he did […]

When undergraduate student Ahmad Arain went missing July 23, university police chose to take the lead in investigating his disappearance. But in the weeks since, the flow of public information about the case has slowed to an excruciating trickle. Arain, a fourth-year computer science student, was seen last commuting to UCLA from Anaheim on a […]

As UCLA students frequently venture out to consume alcoholic beverages in neighboring bars and restaurants, their desires often clash with the law. Recently, UCPD and some Westwood residents have been taking steps to eliminate the underage drinking that is so prevalent on and around college campuses. “We’ve had a lot of problems with alcohol enforcement […]

Surveillance footage from July 23 shows missing UCLA student Ahmad Arain exiting an MTA bus well before arriving at his campus destination, leaving authorities questioning whether his departure was voluntary and some family members suspecting he may be held against his will. The footage obtained by university police Aug. 2 shows Arain ““ a fourth-year […]