A Los Angeles Superior Court judge reached a $500,000 settlement with the University of California over a $10 million claim for damages he filed against university police in February in which he said two UCPD officers used excessive force after stopping him in Westwood for a seatbelt violation.
Category Archives: Crime
UCLA Anderson School employee arrested on charge of sexual battery
University police arrested a UCLA Anderson School of Management employee on campus Wednesday morning on a misdemeanor charge of sexual battery after he allegedly touched a woman inappropriately. Jumaane Peterson, 40, also took “upskirt photos” of his colleagues, police said. Peterson, an administrative specialist for the Anderson MBA program, has worked at the school for […]
Men seen peeping into apartments on Ophir Drive, Levering Avenue
This post was updated on July 8 at 12:25 a.m. A man was seen peeping into an Ophir Drive student apartment twice this weekend, early Saturday and Sunday morning. In another incident, students in an apartment near the corner of Levering and Veteran Avenues said they saw a man peeping into their living room Thursday […]
Student’s laptop stolen from Sigma Nu fraternity house
A UCLA student’s laptop was stolen from his room in the Sigma Nu fraternity house on Gayley Avenue last weekend. The laptop was taken between 9:30 p.m. Friday and 1:30 p.m. Saturday, according to university police logs. Forrest Lee, a third-year electrical engineering student, said he left his laptop in his closet when he went […]
Class designs website mapping unsafe campus “hotspots”
Students identified what they described as eight unsafe “hotspots” on the UCLA campus in a website created last quarter for an honors class. They also suggested ways the university could improve campus safety in response to violent crimes around UCLA. The website, called “Policies for a Safer Campus,” listed eight places on campus that the […]
Man seen peeping into student’s apartment on Lindbrook Drive
University police are searching for a man seen peeping into a UCLA student’s Westwood Village apartment Monday afternoon. The man was looking into the student’s apartment on Lindbrook Drive near Hilgard Avenue, according to a university police report. After the student saw the man, he walked away and out of the area. She called police […]
Student’s bike stolen from university apartment
A UCLA student’s bike was stolen Saturday morning while the student was asleep, said university police. An unknown suspect entered the university apartment on Mentone Avenue, about five miles south of campus, at approximately 11:40 a.m. through an unlocked sliding glass door and took the student’s red 21-speed bike. No injuries were reported. The case […]