Campus Watch: Below is a summary of campus activity reported to or observed by The University Police Department Patrol Officers between Thursday, 07/17/14 and Friday, 07/18/14. ****SCAM ALERT***** Recently, several universities from institutions of higher education around the nation have complained of an e-mail scam in which someone, claiming to be from the recipient’s university’s Human Resource Office, contacts them via e-mail requesting their bank account information to “fix” a payroll issue or to allow a pay raise to be processed and paid out. If you receive any suspicious e-mails, do not reply to the e-mail, do not provide your information or click on any links the sender adds to the e-mail. If you get an e-mail like this, look the telephone number up for your HR Representative and call that person directly. You can file a police report and / or make a complaint at www.ic3.gov LABORATORY THEATER BUILDING, 303 East 24TH Street Criminal Mischief: A glass door was shattered. It is unknown if it was accidental or intentional. Estimated cost of repair: $200.00. Reported on 07/18/14, at 2:18 AM. UNION BUILDING, 2308 Whitis Criminal Trespass: A non-UT subject was reported as panhandling by asking pedestrians for money. When the subject was stopped and identified it was learned that he had been issued a written criminal trespass warning for the Union Building just 10 days earlier. To reinforce the previous warning, the subject was taken into custody. Occurred on 07/17/14, at 3:28 PM. UNIVERSITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 2200 East 6th Street Criminal Mischief: Blue chalk was used to write some not very flattering words on the south exterior wall by room 130. Removal cost: $30.00. Occurred between 07/16/14 at 10:00 Am and 07/17/14, at 7:30 AM. 2400 Guadalupe Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon: A UT student reported as she entered a store on Guadalupe Street a non-UT subject spat at her. The subject’s saliva did not travel far enough to make contact with the student so she continued into the store. Upon leaving the store, the student was confronted by the same subject again. This time, the subject wielded a knife and began to yell “noises.” The student quickly left the area and called the police. The subject was stopped a few blocks away and was taken into custody. Occurred on 07/17/14, at 12:15 PM. Crime Prevention Tip: I would like to point out a few things in this case. First, upon being spat at, the student entered the store to remove herself from the aggressions of an offensive person. Upon having that person present a knife, the student did an excellent job of recognizing the danger and acting quickly to flee the area. The student called the police in a timely manner and provided a good description of the subject. The quick reporting and good description is what led to UT’s Finest apprehending this person. The University of Texas Police Department responded to 21 Alarm Reports, 5 Callbox Activations, 2 Fire Alarm Activations, 5 Traffic Violations, 6 Public Assist Requests, 1 Medical Emergency Report, 3 Suspicious Activity Reports, and 1 Suspicious Person Report between 07/17/14 and 07/18/14. Contact UT Police at 471-4441 if you have any information regarding any of the above incidents or call 911 regarding suspicious persons, suspicious activities or crime. Your call may help solve or prevent a crime. Campus Watch comments should be directed to Officer William R. Pieper at 512-232-9634 or via e-mail to photocop@mail.utexas.edu Prepared by: Ofc. Layne Brewster To subscribe or unsubscribe, visit http://www.utexas.edu/police/campuswatch/subscribe.php/
