University police detectives have completed an investigation of an alleged assault by Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller, the director of UCLA Hillel and a prominent leader in the local Jewish community. The reported incident took place Oct. 21, after a presentation by Alan Dershowitz in Royce Hall. Police reports state that Seidler-Feller allegedly kicked and grabbed the […]
Category Archives: Crime
Editorial: UCLA must be open about campus safety
The UCLA administration has sent out mass e-mails asking students to vote, warning them not to download MP3s, and informing them about Chancellor Albert Carnesale’s office hours. But the administration failed to effectively communicate with the student body following either of two recent shooting incidents. Two shootings in two weeks is unprecedented in recent UCLA […]
Gayley party led to many disturbances
Further investigation of Saturday’s two early-morning shooting incidents outside the Sigma Nu fraternity house and in Lot 8 reveal that additional incidents ensued during and after a party on Gayley Avenue. Sigma Nu did not sponsor the party, but rented its space to entertainment group hosts 3 Tha Hard Way, who dubbed the party the […]
Gunfire disturbs Gayley, Lot 8
Police are investigating an incident that left one man wounded early Saturday morning and marked the second shooting in as many weeks in the UCLA area. Shots were fired in front of the Sigma Nu fraternity house on Gayley Avenue at about 2:26 a.m. that morning, according to university police and eyewitnesses. The victim was […]
Alleged trespasser to appear in court
Willie Davis Frazier, the suspect in the Oct. 5 Kerckhoff Hall shooting incident, will be arraigned this morning in a Santa Monica court. Frazier’s bail was set at $250,000 on Tuesday. He is charged with one count of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, one count of assault on a peace officer and one count of […]
Frazier released from hospital
Attempted murder suspect Willie Davis Frazier was discharged from the UCLA Medical Center on Saturday afternoon after medical staff cleared him for release. Frazier had been under guarded patrol at the hospital for a gunshot wound sustained after allegedly attacking UCPD officer Terrence Duren in Kerckhoff Hall on Oct. 5. “One of his lungs collapsed; […]
Some Bruins disappointed with shooting’s lack of publicity
As the Los Angeles Police Department continues its investigation into the shooting of a man allegedly trespassing in Kerckhoff Hall, some students are questioning whether police and university officials have done enough to inform them of crimes that occur on campus. On Sunday night, university police officer Terrence Duren encountered the suspect in the study […]