On 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...
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...
A gunman mugged two people of $38,000 last Saturday at University Iowa Garden Apartments, a housing complex near UC Riverside, before running away, according to a news release.
Around 9:50 a.m., one victim withdrew $37,000 and the second one withdrew $1,000 from a Bank of America branch. They were allegedly followed by the suspect, who robbed them at gunpoint, Riverside...
Two female students were victims of possible attempted abductions that occurred on the evening of Saturday, April 12, near Big Springs Road. UCPD detectives, receiving descriptions from the victims, released sketches of the alleged assailants, in hopes of receiving more information from the public.
On the night of the incident, police responded to a call from a female student reportedly...
On Dec. 27, the University of California Police Department (UCPD) arrested Keiana Marie Porter, 23, of Moreno Valley on “suspicion of robbery, burglary, unauthorized use of a credit card and forgery,” and booked her into the Robert Presley Detention Center. She is accused of stealing a “college-aged” woman’s backpack during an altercation near the UCR Barn on Nov. 13.
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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...
A “college-aged” woman was robbed of her backpack and cell phone on Wednesday, Nov. 13, at 6:15 p.m., according to a mass campus email sent by the UC Police Department (UCPD).
The victim was walking by the west side of the Barn when a female suspect tugged at her backpack. After a brief confrontation between the two, the suspect fled...