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Police Beat: Snatch and dash, missing bike and more damaged cars

Alexandra Torres-Perez | Sep 28, 2017

Snatch and Dash UNFPD was dispatched to the Crossings on Sept. 21 regarding a theft. A UNF student told officials that he was walking to his dorm in the Crossings late at night when an unknown...

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Police beat: Parking garage brawl and student arrested for headbutting

Alexandra Torres-Perez | Aug 31, 2017

Parking spot brawl Trying to find parking in the garages can be crazy, especially around lunch time. We all have tactics to get a spot from stalking students to giving them rides to their cars....

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Golf cart crashes into fire hydrant

Alexandra Torres-Perez | Aug 23, 2017

On Aug. 14, UNFPD and Jacksonville Fire Rescue responded to a call regarding a golf cart that crashed against a fire hydrant on campus. According to the police report, a UNF employee was driving...

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Police Beat: Drug overdose and police shatter a window

Alex Torres-Perez | Aug 12, 2017

Drug Overdose After a student overdosed, a student called UNFPD in order to help. Both UNFPD and the Jacksonville Fire Rescue Station 50 were dispatched to the Fountains to help on July 31. Officials...

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Police Beat: Fights and damaged cars

Police Beat: Fights and damaged cars

Alexandra Torres-Perez | Aug 2, 2017

Roommate Squabble It was around noon just outside of the Communications Building. Some students were out eating lunch or sunbathing out in the Green. However, at the English Language Program area,...

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Police Beat: broken window, stolen shades and a flip phone

Police Beat: broken window, stolen shades and a flip phone

Alexandra Torres-Perez | Jul 18, 2017

Caution! Havoc at the Boathouse If you’ve walked by the Student Union Plaza, you will notice some areas blocked off with cautionary tape. On July 1, a UNFPD officer went to The Boathouse, but...

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Police Beat: Missing wedding ring and headphones

Police Beat: Missing wedding ring and headphones

Alexandra Torres-Perez | Jun 21, 2017

Where’s My Wedding Ring?!? A woman reported her wedding ring missing on June 17 after she left it on the sink of a bathroom in the Fine Arts building. According to the police report, the woman...

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Ride Along with Jim Carey

Ride Along with Jim Carey

Alexandra Torres-Perez | May 30, 2017

On April 20, I spent several hours doing a ride along with Officer Jim Carey. Despite it being the infamous holiday, the night passed reasonably quietly, except for the time spent talking between us....

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Police Beat: Take, take, take

Police Beat: Take, take, take

Alex Torres-Perez | May 16, 2017

Losing Gains A driver’s license and a VISA gift card were taken from the back of a student’s cellphone on May 10. According to the police report, the student had left his phone in the cubicle between...

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Police Beat: Golf Carts and Graffiti

Police Beat: Golf Carts and Graffiti

Alexandra Torres-Perez | May 8, 2017

Golf Cart Chase A suspect stole a golf cart at the Wildlife Center on April 2, but it didn’t go unnoticed. An employee of the nearby ropes course saw the suspect taking the golf cart and chased...

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Police Beat: graffiti, theft and car damage

Police Beat: graffiti, theft and car damage

Alexandra Torres-Perez | Apr 26, 2017

You Don’t Surf A surfboard has been taken from the top of a car on April 20. According to the police report, the student said the surfboard was taken in Lot 55, but the car was parked near the woods...

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Police Beat: Missing boot, the Yeti and a vandalized car

Police Beat: Missing boot, the Yeti and a vandalized car

Alexandra Torres-Perez | Apr 19, 2017

  Mystery of the Yeti A student’s Yeti Tumbler was stolen from a shelf in Ozzies on April 2. According to the police report, a student set the tumbler down as he bought something from Ozzies,...

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