Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Three students were held at gunpoint by two pirates at the mouth of the Colorado River at 11:30 p.m. on March 26. Out for a refreshing moonlit swim to the C, the students had nowhere to hide their booty and felt that they were “at the mercy of the pirates who were lurking nearby.” Ron Chee, a first-year swag studies...
Two police officers were called to Aberdeen-Inverness (A-I) Residence Hall at 7 p.m. on Feb. 28 to investigate a “suspicious individual” who was acting strangely. The individual, described as an adult Asian male, arrived at the A-I lobby at around 6:50 p.m. and began yelling profanity. When asked if he needed help by the staff, he ran out of the...
A series of four robberies — including two home invasions — occurred near campus on the night of Feb. 17. The first incident occurred at 7:30 p.m. near Spruce Street and Watkins Drive when a suspect approached a victim who was seated in a car, and, brandishing a handgun, demanded the victim’s money. The suspect took the money and...
Two crimes occurred within two days near UCR last week. UCPD has yet to determine whether the crimes are connected to one another and are currently investigating both incidents. Located near the intersection of Canyon Crest Drive and Blaine Street, the first crime occurred at 11:20 p.m. on Feb. 1. Two females were taking out groceries from their car when...
Two male individuals are suspected of stealing $40 worth of pizza and products from a Domino’s delivery driver on Jan. 20. The robbery occurred in the south Bannockburn parking lot on Canyon Crest Drive, where the perpetrators are said to have fled the scene in a silver Honda Civic. Riverside Police Department Sergeant Celeste Neiman stated that the Domino’s store...
Two males allegedly committed a cell phone robbery on the south side of Rustin Avenue on Jan. 11, about four blocks from campus. The suspects, one of whom was holding a baseball bat, approached the victim as he was walking on the sidewalk. They struck him in the leg with a basketball and took his cell phone from his sweatshirt...
Two suspects, one of whom is a UCR student, have been arrested in an attempted robbery at Student Health Services. At around 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 6, the two individuals entered Student Health Services. According to witnesses, the student served as a distraction while the other individual attempted to steal cough syrup from the pharmacy. Employees managed to detain...
On Monday, Nov. 3, a robbery occurred off campus near Rustin Drive and Linden Street at around 2 a.m. The male victim was walking when he was approached by two suspects who demanded his property while holding a knife. The suspects took the victim’s wallet and phone and then fled the scene. UCPD and the Riverside Police Department (RPD)...
On Thursday Oct. 9 along East Tahquitz Canyon Way in Palm Springs, police arrested a trio of suspects involved in a series of convenience store scams spanning across the country. The suspects are 40-year-old Jerry Davis, 18-year-old Sean Acree and 28-year-old Katherine Fernedine. In Riverside, a scam occurred when the suspects visited a convenience store, claiming to be job applicants...
Last Friday, at approximately 1:30 p.m., two suspects were seen breaking into a house on Flanders Road near UCR Family Student Housing. The UC Police Department (UCPD) assisted the Riverside Police Department (RPD) in searching for the perpetrators, one of whom was apprehended near Canyon Crest Drive and Linden Street. The other suspect, however, reportedly disappeared into the housing...