Alberto Medina kept glancing over his shoulder at the parents of the UCLA student he is accused of murdering while listening to the student’s friends testify what happened the morning she died. He then stood up and told Eric Marquez, who is also accused of her murder, to look at her crying parents. On the […]
Category Archives: Crime
UCPD looking for two men responsible for robbing student
Police are searching for two men who threatened a UCLA student with a gun and stole from him in Westwood on Tuesday night. The student reported he was walking near Weyburn and Selby avenues east of Westwood Village about 10 p.m. when the two men approached him, according to a UCPD alert. One of the […]
Preliminary hearing begins for suspects charged with murder of student
Two men accused of murdering a UCLA student looked on silently at a preliminary hearing Thursday as witnesses testified seeing them outside the apartment complex where Andrea “Andy” DelVesco was found dead Sept. 21. County prosecutors charged Alberto Medina, a Fresno State University student, and Eric Marquez, a fifth-year biology student at UCLA, with the […]
UCPD searching for person responsible for stolen property at Sigma Pi
University police are searching for a person who entered a fraternity house Saturday morning and stole a UCLA student’s personal property. The student reported a person entered their bedroom at Sigma Pi fraternity on Landfair Avenue while the student was sleeping between 3 a.m. and 8 a.m., according to a UCPD alert. UCPD spokesperson Nancy Greenstein […]
Former UCLA resident doctor files lawsuit against UC Regents
A former UCLA resident doctor filed a lawsuit last month against the University of California Board of Regents and supervisors, alleging her supervisors did not grant her maternity leave and later terminated her residency program because they did not want to accommodate her leg injury. Joy Ekwueme further alleged in the lawsuit filed Feb. 2 […]
Faculty letter argues against return of professor involved in Title IX lawsuit
A group of history professors sent a letter to Chancellor Gene Block condemning UCLA’s decision to allow a tenured professor, who allegedly sexually harassed two graduate students, to continue teaching at UCLA. On Feb. 18, 38 history professors sent a letter to Block, Scott Waugh – the executive vice chancellor and provost – and Jerry […]
Student reports man seen peeping into North Village apartment
University police are searching for a man who was seen peeping into a UCLA student’s North Village apartment Tuesday night. The student told police a man was looking through her apartment bedroom window on Roebling Avenue about 10:30 p.m., according to a UCPD alert. The man left after the student called UCPD and her roommate […]