A Los Angeles Superior Court judge sentenced a former UCLA water polo player to 180 days in jail and five years of probation Thursday after he pleaded no contest to one charge of assault by means likely to produce great bodily injury and one charge of making a criminal threat.
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Former UCLA Anderson School employee sentenced to 3 years in prison
A Los Angeles judge sentenced a former UCLA employee Thursday to three years in state prison for sexual battery and taking “upskirt photos” of fellow employees. Jumaane Peterson, 41, pleaded guilty to a felony count of possession of illegally obtained photos and misdemeanor counts of inappropriately touching a woman, classified as sexual battery, and use […]
Man arrested in connection with UCLA alumnus stabbing to stand trial
A judge ordered a Los Angeles man Tuesday to stand trial for the attempted murder of UCLA alumnus John DeMartini on Christmas Eve. Edris Lamont Banks, 46, appeared in front of L.A. County Superior Court Commissioner Mark Zuckman in the Airport Courthouse during a preliminary hearing Tuesday, where Zuckman heard witnesses describe the stabbing. Police […]
3 instruments reported stolen from UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology
Three rare instruments were reported stolen from a display case in the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology over winter break. The instruments, a Saraswati vina from South India, a kora from West Africa and a prima balalaika from Russia, were reported stolen Dec. 26, according to an email from university police spokesperson Nancy Greenstein and an […]
Friends, family raise money for UCLA alumnus stabbed on Christmas Eve
Friends and family of a UCLA alumnus are raising money to cover his medical expenses after a man stabbed him on the walk home to his L.A. apartment on Christmas Eve. John DeMartini was walking with groceries at about 5:45 p.m. outside an animal hospital 4 miles south of UCLA when a man attacked him, […]
Former USAC officer released from jail after 77 days
A former UCLA undergraduate student government officer was released from county jail Tuesday morning after serving 77 days for sexual battery and other charges. Omar Arce, who was the Undergraduate Students Association Council Community Service commissioner last year, watched in an orange jumpsuit from a holding cell as Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Alan Rubin […]
UCLA student robbed at gunpoint by two men on Strathmore Drive
Two men robbed a UCLA student at gunpoint early Thursday on Strathmore Drive, taking a cell phone and money before driving away, university police said. About 2:37 a.m. Thursday, the student was walking on Strathmore Drive near Levering Avenue when two men approached from behind and pushed the student to the ground, police said. When […]