A campus committee on safety has been proposed after a student was injured in an attempted armed robbery near the Arts Building on Monday, April 13.
At around 8:20 p.m., a student was walking toward University Avenue from Canyon Crest Drive when he was followed by two suspects in a vehicle. One of the suspects then exited the vehicle and...
Two different robberies occurred at the intersection adjacent to and on Lot 30 on Oct. 22 and Oct. 23, respectively.
The first robbery happened last Thursday at the intersection of Martin Luther King Blvd and Canyon Crest Drive. The victim was approached by a man armed with a handgun who demanded the victim’s property while he was waiting in his...
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 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 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...
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...
On June 8, a female UCR student was abducted from the University Village (UV) Towers parking garage located on 3500 Iowa Avenue. The psychology student was returning from shopping when the suspect struck her, covered her eyes, tied her hands and reportedly forced her into a vehicle for 30 minutes. She talked to the abductor until he returned her...
Suspects arrested for possession of firearm on campus
Last Tuesday, parts of UCR Family Housing were lit up by searchlights from an overhead police helicopter, as the University of California Police Department (UCPD) searched the area well into the night for suspects who fled the scene following a short police chase.
Earlier that night, officers were following a vehicle that ran...
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)...