Military trespass?Two men trespassed on Fort Douglas grounds. Military police there detained them and called University of Utah police for assistance. One of the trespassers had two outstanding warrants, for which he was taken to jail. The second man received a warning and was released.
Real bright, pal, trespass on a military complex, in a time of war, when you’ve got outstanding warrants out for your arrest. Brilliant.
Van theft?Someone stole a van belonging to the Jewish Community Center.
Shame on you!?Accompanied by his father-in-law, a man visited his son, a patient, at Primary Children’s Medical Center. While in the patient’s room, the father tried to take a tape recorder away from the grandfather. They scuffled, and grandpa received minor injuries. A hospital worker intervened, pulling the father off of his father-in-law, and scolded him for his behavior in front of the child. The father left; hospital security could not find him. Prosecution is pending.
Mooching?Four roommates, living in student apartments, reported that someone is stealing their groceries. They gave the reporting officer the first name of another student they suspect took food.
(His name’s Kosmo Kramer.)
Fast getaway?Someone?police suspect a student?stole a cart on wheels (used to move camera equipment around) from the film studies department.
As the stolen property had wheels, police suspect the criminal was able to make a fast getaway.
Bookstore theft x2?Someone stole a backpack from a storage cubicle in University Bookstore. The victim had left the backpack in the cubicle for only a few minutes.
A Bookstore employee reported someone had stolen her backpack from an open storage area near the employee’s entrance to the Bookstore.
Apparently the Bookstore’s patrons aren’t the only people to get robbed as a result of the Bookstore’s zero tolerance policy for shoplifting.
Stalking diversity?A U employee reported receiving several unwanted phone calls, while at work, from a woman trying to convince him to leave his wife and marry her.
It’s oddly refreshing to see such gender diversity among psycho stalker-types.
Parking permit counterfeit?After discovering the parking permit hanging from its rear view mirror was counterfeit, U officials impounded a car. When its owner couldn’t find his car, he contacted the police who confronted him about the permit.He admitted that he had counterfeited it because he didn’t have the money to buy a permit.
Charges are pending against Parking and Transportation Services for counterfeiting parking spaces on the 2002 Campus Commuter Survival Guide.
Golf crime?A burglar alarm went off at the university golf course pro shop. Police responded, finding a broken window, but no evidence that anyone had entered.
Perhaps it was a cat-burglar who wore sneakers?for sneaking!
Angry letter?Someone dissatisfied with University Hospital billing services sent an anonymous letter containing threats of damaging property in retaliation for “perceived mistreatment.”
Medical misunderstanding?A nurse’s aid tended to a patient at University Hospital for about 30 minutes. The patient felt they had “hit it off,” according to the police. When he was discharged, he tried to pursue a relationship which the nurse’s aide didn’t want. Frightened, she reported it to the police. An officer contacted the discharged patient, who told the officer he was sorry for frightening the aide and he would leave her alone.
Which is good of him.
Police Tip of the Week?Be safe, lock your valuables in the trunk of your car. If possible, do this prior to parking your car. If you don’t have a trunk, put your valuables in a covered box on the floor of your car.