Former undergraduate student government officer Omar Arce pleaded no contest to seven counts of sexual battery, one count of false imprisonment and four counts of battery at a court appearance Tuesday morning. Arce, who was the Undergraduate Students Association Council community service commissioner last school year, was taken into custody after the hearing and is […]
Category Archives: Crime
Over past year, 28 peepings reported near Westwood apartments
Marie Scampini glanced across the courtyard of her Veteran Avenue apartment building into the parking lot next door, where a man acting suspiciously caught her eye. It was 5 a.m. on a February morning, and the man peered intently into the windows of the apartment building next door, wobbling back and forth as if he […]
Medical student accused of stealing patient’s iPad considers plea deal
A woman who allegedly stole a dying patient’s iPad at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center appeared in court Friday to discuss a plea deal that would let her face a sentence of community service instead of jail time. University police arrested Virginia Nguyen, 32, in March after family members of Natalie Packer saw the […]
UCLA student’s MacBook stolen from dorm room on the Hill
A UCLA student’s MacBook was stolen from his dorm room on the Hill on Monday afternoon, police said. An unknown person stole the laptop about 4:40 p.m. Monday from a room in De Neve Holly, where it was sitting on the student’s desk. The dorm room’s door was propped open prior to the burglary, according […]
iPad stolen from UCLA student’s apartment in Westwood
A UCLA student’s iPad was stolen from a Westwood apartment Sunday morning, police said. The iPad was stolen about 9:30 a.m. Sunday near the corner of Landfair Avenue and Ophir Drive, according to a UCPD statement. The apartment door was propped open before the unknown suspect walked in and took the iPad, police said. No […]
Police search for man who sexually battered woman on Sepulveda
University police are searching for a man who sexually battered a woman Tuesday near a UCLA student housing complex on Sepulveda Boulevard. The woman was walking south on Sepulveda Boulevard near the University Village housing complex around noon Tuesday when the man walked past her, according to a UCPD alert. He then turned around and […]
UCPD arrests man for allegedly stealing bike near Terasaki building
University police officers arrested a Los Angeles man Monday after he allegedly stole a bike from a rack near the Terasaki Life Sciences Building. Police arrested Eric Rendon Garcia, 19, at about 6:20 p.m. Monday after a passerby called police. The passerby told police she saw Garcia use bolt cutters to cut the bike lock, […]