University police arrested a Los Angeles man Friday in connection with a series of thefts from a Strathmore Drive apartment mail room. Police had been searching for two men wanted for stealing packages from the mail room in five incidents since Dec. 5, and warned apartment building security staff about the men, said UCPD Lt. […]
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UCLA student dies in Westwood apartment building in possible suicide
This post was updated on Dec. 13 at 5:39 p.m. A UCLA student died in his Westwood apartment early Saturday morning in what police are investigating as a possible suicide. Firefighters found the fourth-year economics student in a smoke-filled room when they responded to what was reported as a structure fire at 1:05 a.m. Saturday, […]
Man sentenced to year in jail for YRL, UCLA Store laptop thefts
A former UCLA student was sentenced to a year in jail Monday after accepting a plea bargain for stealing more than 50 laptops from the Charles E. Young Research Library and Ackerman Union this year. At a preliminary hearing Monday, Seyed Ali Pakizehkar Hesari, 29, pleaded no contest to one count of grand theft and […]
Man steals packages from Venice/Barry student apartments
University police recently released surveillance images of a man wanted for stealing packages from the mail room of a UCLA graduate student apartment complex late last month. Police said the man entered the mail room of the Venice/Barry apartment complex, about 4 1/2 miles south of UCLA, around 7:40 p.m. on Nov. 20. He then […]
Suspect in laptop theft pleads not guilty to burglary, theft charges
A former UCLA student accused of stealing more than 50 laptops from the Charles E. Young Research Library and the UCLA store pled not guilty Thursday to four theft and burglary charges. Prosecutors charged Seyed Ali Pakizehkar Hesari, 29, with two felony counts of grand theft and second-degree commercial burglary, one felony vandalism count and […]
UCPD arrests former UCLA student for YRL laptop theft
Police arrested a UCLA alumnus Tuesday in connection with the weekend theft of more than 50 MacBook laptops from the Charles E. Young Research Library.
Man detained in connection with library theft of 55 MacBook laptops
University police detained a man Tuesday in connection with the recent theft of 55 MacBook laptops from the Charles E. Young Research Library. A student called police about 1 p.m. Tuesday after he saw a man in the John Wooden Center wearing UCLA sweatpants and blue shoes, which matched surveillance photos of the suspect that […]