A lit candle caused a fire in a room on the fifth floor of Rieber Hall, causing students to be evacuated from the dorm building late Tuesday evening, university police said. UCPD received a call at 10:09 p.m. reporting the fire, Lt. Richard Davis said. The room was vacant at the time of the fire, […]
Category Archives: Crime
UCPD searching for man involved in sexual battery off campus
University police are looking for a man who grabbed a UCLA student from behind late Sunday near the corner of Gayley and Landfair avenues. The man slapped and squeezed the student’s buttocks as she walked to the intersection about 11:25 p.m. Sunday, according to a UCPD statement. The student screamed, and the man ran south […]
Offensive posters found on campus accuse SJP of supporting terror groups
This post was updated on April 16 at 9:35 p.m. Students reported finding several offensive posters on campus early Thursday that describe the group Students for Justice in Palestine as supporting terror groups, less than two months after posters with similar messages were reported across campus. The posters, found near the De Neve area, read “Stop SJP” […]
UCLA students appeal parking tickets issued in Westwood
Several UCLA students are appealing parking tickets after university police increased its distribution of citations for cars left in spaces between the street and sidewalk in Westwood. UCPD started giving out more tickets for cars parked on the borders of walkways after it received complaints from the property managers of several UCLA-owned buildings, said UCPD […]
UCPD searches for man who robbed woman on Westwood Boulevard
Police are searching for a man who robbed a woman early Tuesday morning on Westwood Boulevard and threatened that he had a handgun, officials said. At about 5:15 a.m. Tuesday, the man ordered the woman to take money out of the University Credit Union ATM and give it to him, said Lt. Mark Littlestone of […]
UCPD looking for suspects in thefts from North Village apartments
University police are searching for two men wanted for stealing a laptop and wallet from two Westwood apartments last week. According to a UCPD statement, a student told police that a laptop was stolen from his apartment at 512 Glenrock Ave. about 4 a.m. on March 13. Another student reported that about an hour later, […]
Man hits UCLA hospital employee with metal baton in Santa Monica
University police are searching for a man wanted for hitting an employee with a metal baton at the Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center on Friday. About 11:40 p.m. Friday, the man refused to leave the hospital area, grabbed the baton from his backpack and hit the employee once. He then ran northbound onto 17th Street in […]