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Dating App Safety: Don't be a victim

Dating App Safety: Don’t be a victim

Sam Chaney | Apr 16, 2018

They say seeing is believing, but not everything somebody shows you on a dating app may be real. On April 10, UNF student Jesse Martinez was arrested for threatening to share explicit photos of...

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UNF Student, Jesse Martinez, was arrested on April 9.

UNF student arrested for threatening to share explicit photos for sexual favors

Hannah Lee | Apr 12, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6G7Fu3cNn0 Video by Carly Kramer Police arrested a UNF student on April 9 for threatening to share nude pictures of another student in exchange for sexual favors, according...

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Police Beat: Removed posters, a stolen wallet and missing money

Sam Chaney | Apr 5, 2018

Don’t Remove My Post(ers) UNFPD was dispatched to Bldg. 10 on March 28 in response to a report of missing posters. According to the police report, the complainant had placed four posters up around...

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 Graphic  by Rachelle Keller

Police Beat: Return of the Boot and Stolen Vehicle Mirror

Sam Chaney | Mar 22, 2018

Give Them The Boot: Follow-Up and Arrest UNFPD met with a UNF staff member at Bldg. 52 on March 12 to investigate a report of a stolen vehicle immobilization boot valued at $459. The boot was reportedly...

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Police Beat: Damaged Property, Unknown Shoeprint, and More Stolen Items

Sam Chaney | Mar 20, 2018

Fallen Pole UNFPD was dispatched to Parking Services on March 12 in order to investigate property damage in Lot 100. According to the police report, a Parking Services employee was informed of a damaged...

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Police Beat: Broken Lights, Harassment, and Various Stolen Goods

Sam Chaney | Mar 14, 2018

I Can See The Light UNFPD was dispatched to Bldg. 58 on March 8 in response to a report of damaged lights. The complainant, a UNF staff member, told officials that he had received a work order...

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Police Beat: Swastika, burglary, and a stolen cell phone

Sam Chaney | Mar 8, 2018

Swastika Found In Bathroom UNFPD was dispatched to Bldg. 45 in response to a report of vandalism in a bathroom on Feb. 28. According to the police report, a UNF staff member called UNFPD upon finding...

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Behind the Badge: UPD Chief reads to preschoolers

Behind the Badge: UPD Chief reads to preschoolers

Sam Chaney | Mar 7, 2018

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcvlowgHwdU[/embedyt] Video by Jas Chung “Don’t you want a sticker?” Chief Mackesy asked the room of excitable preschool children. “If you want a...

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Crime Prevention: So easy, an Osprey could do it

Sam Chaney | Mar 4, 2018

Let’s be honest, it can just be so easy to be lazy with your stuff. I mean, you’re only going to the restroom, right? Your stuff should be fine on the table for five minutes. But then you come back...

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Police Beat: Stolen laundry, sexual harassment, and online threats

Sam Chaney | Mar 1, 2018

Stolen Laundry UNFPD were dispatched to Bldg. 17 when a student reported his laundry had been stolen on Feb. 22. The student told officials his laundry was taken from the community laundry room....

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Active shooter safety: What if it happened at UNF?

Active shooter safety: What if it happened at UNF?

Sam Chaney | Feb 27, 2018

In some cases, it can be too easy to believe that tragedies are events that happen to other people in other places; never here, and never to us. However, the recent school shooting in Parkland has proved...

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Police Beat: Lost property and damaged signs

Sam Chaney | Feb 21, 2018

Where’s My Tablet? UNFPD was dispatched to Bldg. 4 on Feb. 19 in response to a report of a lost tablet. According to the police report, a UNF staff member stated that she may have taken her Microsoft...

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