Charges have been filed against two men suspected of theft and illegal purchase of construction tools at UCLA. James Ott and Robert Kann were each charged with one felony count of embezzlement by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office on Monday, said Richard Elias, the university police detective who headed the investigation when the two were arrested last May. Read more...

The Associated Students UCLA is re-examining its security policies after an armed robbery occurred in the Cooperage while no security guard was on duty. The robbery happened when a man snuck into a back office of the Cooperage, which contains several campus restaurants and a seating area, on the evening of Jan. Read more...

Though UCLA is considered by many students to be a safe campus, a series of crimes in Westwood since Dec. 15, 2005, have some concerned. Recent statistics show at least a three-year trend of increased crime in the UCLA area, but a decline in many crimes on campus. Read more...

Two more incidents of sexual battery in the Westwood area were reported to university police last week, bringing the total number of local incidents reported in about a month to seven. Read more...

A fifth incident of sexual battery in Westwood was reported Tuesday amid increased efforts by university police to catch the suspect responsible for a string of sexual batteries since Dec. Read more...

Another incident of sexual battery was reported to UCPD Saturday, the fourth in a string of batteries in the last three weeks. At 6:20 p.m., a female student was approached from behind as she retrieved property from her parked vehicle on the 400 block of Landfair Ave. Read more...

A man arrested for a series of robberies that occurred in late spring and summer in the Westwood Village area will face larceny charges at a court hearing next week. Read more...