Police Beat
Police make arrest in reported sexual assault case
A female student reported this week being sexually assaulted by an acquaintance, according to the Washington University Police Department. The alleged assault took place on Sept. 29 and was reported to the police on Tuesday.
WU commission investigating officer’s encounter with student
Washington University has formed a fact-finding commission to review the specifics of a University police encounter with a social work student who says he was racially profiled by the police, as well as the results of an internal police investigation that found that a police officer gave the student inaccurate information about why he had been stopped.
WUPD joins area police to patrol the Loop, Skinker-DeBaliviere
Students can expect to see Washington University police officers patrolling past Blueberry Hill by the end of the semester. This fall, the Wash. U. Police Department is teaming up with officers from University City and St. Louis to form joint enforcement patrols in the Skinker-DeBaliviere and Delmar neighborhoods.
Police Beat | Sept. 2, 2009
RECOVERED STOLEN PROPERTY—Aug. 21, 2009, 1:22 p.m.
Location: FORSYTH
Summary: Suspicious person stop resulted in a recovered stolen bike from a burglary reported to University City police in July.
Disposition: Cleared by arrest.
STALKING—Aug. 30, 2009, 4:17 p.m.,
Location: OFF CAMPUS
Summary: Student reports ongoing problem with another student after ending their relationship.
Disposition: Under investigation.
Police Beat | Aug. 31, 2009
Aug. 27, 2009, 8:32 a.m.
LARCENY, TIETJENS HALL–Report of a vending machine found insecure with approximately $30 in items missing. No damage to the machine, which had been serviced and filled on Monday.
Disposition: Pending.
Aug. 27, 2009, 8:32 a.m.
LARCENY, PARK DORM–Summary: Student reported that unknown person(s) had stolen his bicycle from the bike rack located west of [...]
Police Beat | Aug. 28, 2009
Wednesday, August 26
SICK CASE, 1:04 a.m.
Location: Danforth Campus
Summary: Sick Case. Disposition: Cleared.
TRESPASSING, 7:07 p.m.
Location: Olin Library
Summary: A person was caught watching porn on a computer and escorted from the building. Disposition: Cleared.
LARCENY, 7:48 p.m.
Location: Women’s Building
Summary: Student reported a stolen bicycle from the bike rack. Disposition: Pending.
PROPERTY DAMAGE, 11:30 p.m.
Location: Psychology Building
Summary: Housekeeping reported a [...]
Medical school professor arrested on molestation charges
A Clayton dermatologist who serves as an assistant professor at the Washington University School of Medicine was charged Tuesday with sexually molesting two teenage girls.
Student struck by car on Sunday at Forsyth-Wallace intersection
A freshman female student walking across the intersection of Forsyth Boulevard and Wallace Drive at 12:45 a.m. this past Sunday morning was struck by an eastbound vehicle traveling on Forsyth through the intersection, according to Washington University Police Department Chief Don Strom.
Students rent Loop apartments despite crime
Crime may be on the mind of Washington University students, but it’s not stopping them from living around the Delmar Loop.
Still, the rise in crime on and around the Delmar Loop during the current academic year is making some residents of the Loop area uneasy and more cautious.
In November 2008, University City Police Sergeant Mike [...]
Student assaulted, robbed on Melville
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A graduate student was punched and robbed in broad daylight on Melville Avenue Wednesday afternoon, according to the Washington University Police Department.
The student was walking on the street at 12:30 p.m. when the four men, described as black teenagers between 5-feet-6-inches and 5-feet-9-inches tall, asked him for money. [...]


