Police arrested a man wanted for peeping and prowling several times around UCLA student apartments in Westwood. University police officers arrested the man Friday morning after he asked an acquaintance to store his belongings and buy him an Amtrak ticket to Santa Barbara under a false name. Christopher Mendicino, 47, is a suspect in about […]
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UCPD reports series of burglaries in North Village student apartments
University police have reported a series of burglaries in UCLA student apartments in the North Village since Sunday. The burglaries took place on Kelton Avenue at 2:40 a.m. Sunday, Roebling Avenue at 10:30 p.m. Wednesday and Gayley Avenue at 7:33 a.m. Thursday. In each case, a man wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and dark pants […]
UCLA student grabbed by man with knife in sculpture garden
A man with a knife grabbed a UCLA student in the Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden Wednesday evening, university police said. The student was jogging on the northeast side of the sculpture garden, south of Macgowan Hall, about 8:30 p.m. when the man, who was holding a knife in his right hand, grabbed her from […]
UCPD searching for man allegedly responsible for multiple peepings
University police are searching for a man wanted for allegedly peeping several times into North Village apartments in recent years, after he failed to appear at a recent court date. Christopher Mendicino, 46, was arrested in May on a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct after peeking into an inhabited building, said UCPD spokeswoman Nancy Greenstein. […]
Former UCLA Athletics official pleads no contest in child porn case
A former UCLA associate athletic director pleaded no contest on Monday to a misdemeanor count of possession of child pornography. Michael Sondheimer, 59, was sentenced to three years’ probation, according to a Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office press release. He was also ordered to attend sex offender counseling and register as a sex offender […]
UCLA alumnus arrested for alleged North Village apartment peeping
A UCLA alumnus was arrested in the North Village on Sunday for peeping into an apartment, university police said. Thibault Mathieu, 29, was arrested during a pedestrian stop after police officers saw him looking into an apartment at 515 Kelton Ave. at about 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, said UCPD spokeswoman Nancy Greenstein. He was booked […]
Four men shot at by DHS officer, arrested for assault at rally
This post was updated on June 14 at 3:10 p.m. A Department of Homeland Security officer fired a shot at pro-Palestinian counter-protesters in a truck during a pro-Israel rally in Westwood early Sunday evening. Four men in the vehicle were later arrested. The shooting took place around 5:45 p.m. near the Federal Building on Wilshire […]