This post was updated Oct. 5 at 1:15 p.m. Police are looking for a man who tried to sexually assault two people near the residential halls early Friday morning, according to a university police report. Read more...
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October 4, 2:07 am
UCLA professor Patrick Harran to return to court in November
At a pretrial hearing Thursday, a Los Angeles County judge ordered UCLA chemistry professor Patrick Harran to return to court next month regarding a lawsuit that involves the death of a UCLA lab assistant in a 2008 laboratory fire. Read more...
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October 4, 2:05 am
Clery report shows increase in reports of aggravated assault, sexual offenses
The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. The 2012 Jeanne Clery report for crime statistics at UCLA, released on Tuesday, showed particularly large increases from 2011 in reports of aggravated assaults and on-campus sexual offenses, trends the university police were watching closely, said UCPD spokeswoman Nancy Greenstein. Read more...
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October 2, 8:34 pm
Luskins, UCLA Foundation dismissed as defendants in case
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge on Tuesday dismissed Meyer and Renee Luskin and the UCLA Foundation from a lawsuit involving the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference and Guest Center scheduled to open in summer 2016, according to a statement from the university released Wednesday. Read more...
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October 2, 1:53 pm
Man follows student to sorority house on Hilgard Avenue
An unknown man followed a student home and trespassed in the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority house Thursday afternoon, according to a university police advisory report released today. Read more...
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September 23, 3:56 pm
Student arrested in chaotic Bruin Bash concert line
Pushing and shoving in the line for the Bruin Bash concert in Pauley Pavilion Sunday night caused some confusion and chaos, including the arrest of one man for combative behavior. Read more...
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September 22, 12:00 am
From dangerous to bizarre, UCPD stores evidence
Lost purses, a dozen poisoned dead fish and every so often, a deadly weapon are stored in Laura Rippstein’s office. Rippstein works in the university police’s property department, a strictly secured room on the bottom floor of the police department’s building on Westwood Plaza. Read more...
Photo: Laura Rippstein serves as a gatekeeper for the UCPD’s property department, where all evidence from police investigations and lost items from around campus are securely stored. The department houses more than 3,000 items, Rippstein said.