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Police search dumpster for missing UNF student; family and friends speak out

Police search dumpster for missing UNF student; family and friends speak out

Pierce Turner Feb 13, 2017

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI7Y7g5GkTA UNFPD searched the dumpsters along the Flats apartments buildings wearing hazmat suits Monday afternoon as officers continued looking for missing UNF...

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Student on drugs removed from Wellness Center, police say

Joslyn Simmons Feb 10, 2017

https://youtu.be/iNcAFkqBYjM A student who was allegedly on drugs had to be restrained and taken by ambulance from the Wellness Center late Thursday night just as the men’s basketball game against NJIT...

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Police Beat: A crash, a phone, and a parking decal

Police Beat: A crash, a phone, and a parking decal

Logan Ansteatt Feb 3, 2017

  Golf cart crash A campus maintenance employee was driving a golf cart when he collided with a parked campus owned truck. The police report states a complainant informed UNFPD that the maintenance...

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Police looking for man who allegedly drugged and assaulted another man on campus

Hannah Lee Feb 1, 2017

**Correction: A previous version of this story stated that the man assaulted was a UNF student. He is not. We regret the error.  UNFPD is searching for a man who allegedly drugged, sexually assaulted...

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Man accused of killing UNF employee tried to escape from jail, police say

Logan Ansteatt Jan 31, 2017

The man accused of coordinating the murder of a UNF employee from his jail cell has been charged with attempted escape from jail and criminal mischief, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. Court...

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UNFPD arrest man for indecent exposure

Ronnie Rodgers Jan 24, 2017

Jacksonville Sheriff's Office arrested the man who they say exposed himself to two female students earlier in January, according to an Osprey Update sent out on Jan. 24. The suspect was identified...

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Police Beat: tough security, missing phones and toilet drama

Police Beat: tough security, missing phones and toilet drama

Logan Ansteatt Jan 14, 2017

A Push to Graduate A UNF student told UNFPD that she was pushed in the chest by a Contemporary Services Corporation (CSC) security officer at the UNF Arena during a graduation ceremony on Dec. 9. The...

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Top 10 Police Beats of 2016

Top 10 Police Beats of 2016

Logan Ansteatt Jan 12, 2017

Another year has come and gone, and with it we leave behind a backlog of UNF police beats. We saw vandalism in the dorms, garages and on vehicles. There were car crashes and perverts, but what UNF seemed...

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Police looking for man who masturbated in front of two UNF students

Hannah Lee Jan 8, 2017

A man in a red mustang drove up to two separate female students asking for directions on campus while masturbating, according to a Campus Alert released today around 4:45 p.m. Shortly after 1 p.m.,...

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Police Beat: stolen, scribbled, and scorched

Police Beat: stolen, scribbled, and scorched

Logan Ansteatt Dec 15, 2016

Tree Lighting UNFPD extinguished a fire on campus on Dec. 8. According to the report, an officer was on patrol around 3 a.m. on Dec. 8 when he noticed a fire in the wooded area across from Lot #11....

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Police Beat: Missing wheels

Police Beat: Missing wheels

Logan Ansteatt Nov 29, 2016

Stolen skateboard UNFPD met with a student in reference to a stolen skateboard on Nov. 21. According to the police report, the victim stated he left his skateboard at the Osprey Cafe on Nov. 18. When...

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Student bites officer while allegedly on acid, police say

Cassidy Alexander Nov 21, 2016

A freshman possibly on acid bit through a UNF police officer’s bulletproof vest to her skin, according to UNFPD. Three officers were dispatched to the Osprey Cove U building on Thursday, Nov. 19,...

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