University police are searching for a man who was seen peeping into two UCLA students’ North Village apartment early Wednesday morning. The students, a man and a woman, said a man peeked through their window on Glenrock Avenue at about 4:05 a.m., according to a UCPD alert. The male student said he verbally confronted the […]
Category Archives: Crime
UCPD on the lookout for cellphone thieves
University police are searching for two women who stole a UCLA student’s cell phone last week. The student reported she was walking on Ophir Drive about 2:15 a.m on Sept. 9. when two women approached her from behind. One of the women asked her for the time and grabbed the cellphone when the student produced […]
Class gives UCLA law students experience defending real clients
Andres Dae Keun Kwon’s most memorable moment as a law student was telling a man who had been in prison for 20 years that he would soon be free. President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of more than 200 individuals convicted of nonviolent crimes last month, including that of Darnell Crookshank. Kwon and other UCLA […]
UCLA officials warn students of fraudulent offers to pay tuition
UCLA officials warned students in an email about a fraud ring targeting international students, offering to help pay their tuition with the fraud ring’s credit cards. Allison Baird-James, associate vice chancellor and controller of UCLA Corporate Financial Services, wrote Thursday that individuals in the ring approach foreign students in person or on social media and […]
UCPD arrests four men for stealing property
University police arrested four men on Roebling Avenue Tuesday morning who had stolen property. Police officers confronted the four men at about 4 a.m. because they looked suspicious, said UCPD spokesperson Nancy Greenstein in an email statement. The officers then found stolen items and burglary tools in their car. The items were not from the […]
UCPD investigating series of laptop burglaries from campus buildings
University police are seeking a man who has been stealing laptops from campus buildings since as early as March 2015. Surveillance video showed the man entering UCLA office buildings at least four times, according to a UCPD alert. The most recent burglary occurred in June. Police described the man as white or Hispanic, about 5 […]
UCPD searching for suspect in second Roebling peeping incident
University police are searching for a man who was seen peeping into a North Village apartment on July 2. A UCLA student confronted a man who was looking into an apartment window at about 11 a.m. on Roebling Avenue, according to a UCPD alert.The man told the student he locked himself out of his apartment […]