Campus Watch: Below is a summary of campus activity reported to or observed by The University Police Department Patrol Officers between Monday, 09/15/14 and Tuesday, 09/16/14. ****Administrative Message**** The UT Police Department Campus Watch was recently recognized in The Austin Chronicle as a “Best of” Critics’ Choice Award for Best Police Blotter. To read the write-up, visit: http://www.austinchronicle.com/best-of-austin/year:2014/poll:critics/category:media/1561741 BELMONT HALL, 2109 San Jacinto Credit Card Abuse: A UT Staff member reported having an unauthorized charge on her credit card. After cancelling that card and getting a similar card, another unauthorized charge was made on the new card. The staff member inspected her charges closely and discovered prior to each unauthorized charge she had made a payment with the card at the same stand-alone point of sale. The case is under investigation. Reported on 09/15/14 at 4:20 PM. BRAZOS PARKING GARAGE, 200 East Martin Luther King Counterfeiting: A currently unknown subject used a fictitious $5.00 U.S. note to make payment for parking fees prior to exiting the parking garage. Occurred on 09/14/14. INTRAMURAL FIELDS, 4901 Guadalupe Criminal Trespass Warning: A non-UT subject, who had previously been warned by staff that unleashed dogs were forbidden, was observed walking his unleashed dog on the property. The responding officer located the subject and his four-legged friend. To reinforce the ban on unleashed dogs, the subject was issued a written criminal trespass warning and escorted from the area. Occurred on 09/15/14 at 1:55 PM. SID RICHARDSON HALL, 2300 Red River Theft: A non-UT subject was reported as looking at the bicycles in the bicycle racks located on the east side of the building. The subject was subsequently stopped a block away walking one bike and carrying the front wheel of another bicycle. The subject admitted to having committed a theft. Recovery value: $450.00. Occurred on 09/15/14 at 11:35 AM. WALTER WEBB HALL, 2500 Guadalupe Theft: UT Police Officers responded to a report of a bicycle theft in progress from the covered parking area located on the west side of the building. The officers located the thief walking the filched two-wheeler in the 2900 block of Guadalupe Street. After being booked into to the local pokey, the subject was also issued a written criminal trespass warning for the campus. Recovery value: $630.00. Occurred on 09/15/14 at 2:33 PM. The University of Texas Police Department responded to 26 Alarm Reports, 1 Fire Alarm Report, 1 Suspicious Activity Report, 34 Traffic Violations, 2 Collisions, 2 Welfare Concern Reports, 2 Medical Emergency Reports, 2 Stuck Elevator Reports and 4 Public Assist Reports between 09/15/14 and 09/16/14. Prepared by: Ofc. WR π/ To subscribe or unsubscribe, visit http://www.utexas.edu/police/campuswatch/subscribe.php/
