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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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Religious group associated with claims of sex-trafficking found at UNF

Religious group associated with claims of sex-trafficking found at UNF

Sam Chaney Feb 20, 2018

Reports of a sex-trafficking religious group on college campuses have been popping up all over the country, and a member of the group has recently been spotted here at UNF. The University of North Florida...

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Police Beat: Stolen Beats and other valuables

Sam Chaney Feb 20, 2018

Don’t Drop the Beat A student met with UNFPD at the Student Union game room on Feb. 8 to report a stolen pair of Beats headphones. According to the police report, the student was sitting in the...

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UPD recruits new Safety Rangers

Sam Chaney Feb 8, 2018

In trying to survive the UNF Hunger Games known as parking, students have to search for a space, dodge citations and try to avoid colliding with each other both physically and emotionally. Now, however,...

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Police Beat: Stolen skateboard and a creepy car

Sam Chaney Jan 25, 2018

So Long, Longboard A UNF student contacted officials on Jan. 16 to report a stolen skateboard that was valued at $100. According to the police report, the student entered the Osprey Commons Cafeteria...

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Funding for new body-cameras for UNF police

Sam Chaney Jan 16, 2018

The University of North Florida Police Department (UNFPD) recently announced that it was provided with a federal grant through the Department of Justice in order to supply them with new body-worn cameras. The...

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Police Beat: JTA Confrontation and Stolen Decal

Sam Chaney Jan 12, 2018

This Is Your Stop University of North Florida Police Department (UNFPD) arrested Joseph Alexander Menter for battery on Jan. 8 when a dispute on a Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) bus was...

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Police Beat: Threatening emails and a forceable arrest

Alexandra Torres-Perez Dec 19, 2017

Give Me Some Bitcoins A UNF student called UNFPD in regards to an email he received on Dec. 11 threatening that if he did not pay a certain amount of Bitcoins he was going to be executed. According...

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Police Beat: Stolen Wallet and Cell Phone

Police Beat: Stolen Wallet and Cell Phone

Samantha Chaney Dec 8, 2017

  Wallet Lifted While Lifting A student met with officials at UNFPD on Dec. 3 to report a stolen wallet. According to the police report, the student had been exercising at the UNF fitness...

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Police Beat: Fake sugar daddy, gunshots and vandalism

Alexandra Torres-Perez Nov 24, 2017

Can I be your sugar daddy? On Nov. 13, UNFPD met with a student at the Crossings. The student told police he was on the web site Jack'd looking for a friend. Jack’d is a dating app similar to Tinder...

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