Campus Watch: Below is a summary of campus activity reported to or observed by The University Police Department Patrol Officers between Thursday, 12/11/14 and Monday, 12/15/14. ALMETRIS DUREN HALL, 2624 Whitis Theft: The frame and rear wheel of a blue Trek bicycle were stolen while the front wheel was secured to a bicycle rack located on the east side of the dormitory. Loss value: $600.00. Occurred between 11/21/14 and 12/11/14 at 1:30 PM. Crime Prevention Tip: So it is evident a u-lock is effective theft prevention, but it will only protect that which it used to secure – in this case, the front wheel. To protect your bicycle, use a u-lock but make sure you are securing the bicycle frame and front wheel to the bicycle rack. AT&T EXECUTIVE EDUCATION & CONFERENCE CENTER, 1900 University Criminal Trespass Warning: A non-UT subject refused to leave the property after being directed to do so by AT&T Conference Center staff members. The subject was located and issued a written criminal trespass warning before being escorted from the building. Occurred on 12/11/14 at 5:24 PM. BRAZOS PARKING GARAGE, 200 East Martin Luther King Possession of Marijuana / Possession of Drug Paraphernalia: A UT Police Officer observed two UT students sitting in a parked Toyota Highlander. Upon walking up to the vehicle, the officer’s olfactory senses alerted the officer to the presence of marijuana. The officer’s visual acuity took over as he looked at the lap of the student who was seated in the driver’s seat to observe a green leafy substance that the officer knew based on his training and experience to be marijuana. In all, the two students were found to be in possession of .17 ounces of marijuana and three pipes that are commonly used to smoke marijuana. Occurred on 12/14/14 at 4:03 AM. EAST MALL Evading Arrest or Detention / Criminal Trespass Warning (3 counts): A UT student and three non-UT subjects were reported as striking a fixed object on the East Mall with bamboo sticks. Upon seeing an approaching officer, one of the non-UT subjects dropped his whacking stick and took flight. The officer smartly remained with the remaining three subjects who quickly gave up the name of the fleeing subject. Once more, the UT student called the fleeing subject by phone and convinced him to return to the scene. No damage could be detected on the fixed object. In addition to other law enforcement action taken, the three non-UT subjects were issued written criminal trespass warnings. Occurred on 12/15/14 at 4:45 AM. GOLDSMITH HALL, 310 Inner Campus Drive Theft: A black Incase backpack containing a silver colored MacBook Pro, a computer mouse, a camera memory card, two different video adaptors, and a power cord was stolen when the backpack was left “several feet” away from the owner who was standing near the south entrance to the building. Loss value: $1,300.00. Occurred on 12/11/14 between 3:00 PM and 3:25 PM. Crime Prevention Tip: We often believe our property is protected if we are “in the area” or same room as our property. Sadly, all a thief needs is a second or two of inattention to steal your property. To protect your property keep it with you at all times. GREGORY GYMNASIUM, 2101 Speedway Theft: A light blue wallet containing a debit card, a credit card, a one dollar bill, a key fob and two forms of identification was stolen while it was left on the floor of the cardio work-out room as the owner exercised. Loss value: $11.00. Occurred on 12/09/14 between 1:30 PM and 2:30 PM. GUADALUPE GARAGE, 1616 Guadalupe Theft: A UT staff member reported the temporary license plates were stolen from her Honda Accord while the vehicle was parked and unattended in the parking garage. Occurred on 12/10/14. JESSE H. JONES COMMUNICATIONS BUILDING, 2504 – B Whitis Theft: The UT Police Department received notice of a bicycle theft in progress from the bicycle racks located on the north side of the building. The investigation led officers to a location in Liberty Hill, Texas where the bicycle was located in the possession of a non-UT subject. Recovery value: $630.00. Occurred on 12/12/14 at 8:35 PM. JESTER WEST, 201 East 21st Street Possession of Marijuana / Possession of Drug Paraphernalia: UT Police Officers responded to a report of an odor of marijuana emanating from a 1st floor dormitory room. The officers spoke with the resident of the room and observed a grinder used to grind marijuana and a total of .12 ounces of marijuana. Occurred on 12/14/14 at 9:08 PM. LIVING LEARNING CENTER, 2610 Whitis Consumption of Alcohol by a Minor: A UT student, who was under the age of 21, was reported as being ill in a 1st floor women’s restroom. The responding officer found the student with her head in a trash can while exhibiting a severe involuntary physical reaction to the over-consumption of an alcoholic beverage. The student was found to be intoxicated to the point Austin-Travis County EMS needed to transport the subject to a local hospital for the treatment of alcohol poisoning. Occurred on 12/14/14 at 1:44 AM. PARKING LOT 70, 2000 Robert Dedman Burglary of Motor Vehicle: A former UT student parked his Chevrolet 4 door in the parking lot only to return several hours later to discover the rear door ajar. The former student inventoried his vehicle and found his green and white Wilson backpack containing two prescription pill bottles, a computer CD, a black Galaxy S5 cellular telephone and miscellaneous clothing had been stolen from his vehicle. The former student was not sure if he had locked the doors to his vehicle when he parked. Loss value: $738.00. Occurred on 12/13/14 between 6:05 PM and 9:50 PM. PERRY-CASTAÑEDA LIBRARY, 101 East 21st Street Theft: A silver colored Lenovo laptop computer was stolen when it was left unattended on a 6th floor study desk. Loss value: $800.00. Occurred on 12/11/14 between 5:13 AM and 8:30 AM. Crime Prevention Tip: I am not even going to address leaving your property unattended here (for nearly three hours). Instead, I want to focus on the benefits of knowing the serial number to your property. The serial number is a unique number given to individual pieces of property. Most electronics have a serial number as do bicycles. If you provide the police with the serial number to your property when it is lost or stolen, they can use that information to help locate and positively identify your property as belonging to you. They can check pawn shops and enter your property as stolen in a crime database that is accessible to law enforcement state and nation-wide. I understand most of us do not maintain a log of the serial numbers to our property. That is why the UT Police Department developed an on-line database for you to log the serial numbers. This is a free service that can be accessed by visiting our website at www.utexas.edu/police. PERRY-CASTAÑEDA LIBRARY, 101 East 21st Street Theft: A Dell laptop computer was stolen after it was left on a study table located on the 5th floor of the library. Loss value: $450.00. Occurred on 12/12/14 between 12:24 PM and 12:34 PM. PERRY-CASTAÑEDA LIBRARY, 101 East 21st Street Theft: An Apple iPad 2 was stolen while it rested next to the owner who was also resting in the form of sleeping while on the 4th floor. Loss value: $300.00. Occurred on 12/04/14 between 3:00 AM and 4:00 AM. Reported on 12/12/14 at 12:48 PM. PERRY-CASTAÑEDA LIBRARY, 101 East 21st Street Criminal Trespass: A UT student reported seeing a subject, who was wearing a backpack, pick up an unattended backpack on the 5th floor and walk away. A non-UT subject matching the description given by the reporting person was located on the 2nd floor. That subject was found to have previously been issued a written criminal trespass warning. While the subject was no longer in possession of the unattended backpack, he was in possession of another person’s wallet and identification. The owner of the wallet has not come forward to file a theft report. Occurred on 12/14/14 at 11:20 AM. TOWNES HALL, 727 East Dean Keeton Credit Card Abuse: A UT staff member reported that her wallet has been missing for several days. The staff member last recalled having her wallet when she made a purchase at an off campus location on 12/08/14. The staff member was not sure at what point or location her wallet went missing, but did state seven unauthorized charges had been made on her debit and credit cards on 12/08/14. Reported on 12/12/14 at 12:34 PM. UNIVERSITY POLICE BUILDING, 2201 Robert Dedman Fraudulent Use or Possession of Identifying Information / Credit Card Abuse: A UT student came to the police department to report two unauthorized charges against her credit card. One of the charges was made in Wisconsin while the other was made in California. The victim was in possession of her credit card and had not made either of the two charges. Occurred on 12/08/14. Reported on 12/12/14. UNIVERSITY of TEXAS ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, 1616 Guadalupe Fraud: An audit revealed a former UT student applied for and was granted student loans well after she finished attending The University of Texas. Reported on 12/12/14 at 11:01 AM. WALTER WEBB HALL, 2500 Guadalupe Theft: A UT student returned to his bicycle he had left secured to the fence on the south side of the building to discover the front and rear wheel to his red Trek bicycle had been replaced with two different wheels. Loss value: $50.00. Occurred on 12/10/14 between 8:30 AM and 5:30 PM. Crime Prevention Tip: The UT Police Department recommends the use of a cable lock and u-lock to secure your bicycle for the primary reason of criminal laziness as they do not want to defeat two different types of locks to steal a bicycle. A secondary benefit to using both types of locks is that a u-lock can be used to secure the front wheel and frame to a bicycle rack while a cable lock can be used to secure the rear wheel and frame to the bicycle rack. Oh, and for any thieves who may be reading this, just because you left replacement items for the victim does not mean you didn’t commit a theft. 2300 San Jacinto Consumption of Alcohol by a Minor / Possession of More Than One Valid Driver’s License: A non-UT subject, who was under the age of 21, was found sleeping on a bench. The subject stated he had been drinking with friends at downtown bars and had gotten separated from his friends. When asked how he was able to obtain alcoholic beverages, the subject admitted to and produced a drinking identification card that belonged to another. While the subject did show signs of prior alcohol consumption, he was not intoxicated to the point he was a danger to himself or others. Occurred on 12/13/14 at 4:14 AM. The University of Texas Police Department responded to 120 Alarm Reports, 2 “Police Help” Callbox Activations, 4 Fire Alarm Activations, 20 Suspicious Activity Reports, 26 Traffic Violations, 4 Motor Vehicle Collisions, 10 Unsecured Door Reports, 2 Found Property Reports, 4 Welfare Concern Reports, 4 Medical Emergency Assists, 1 Chemical Spill, 1 Stuck Elevator and 31 Public Assist Reports between 12/11/14 and 12/15/14. Prepared by: Ofc. WR π/ To subscribe or unsubscribe, visit http://www.utexas.edu/police/campuswatch/subscribe.php/
