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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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Police Beat: Missing truck, stolen tech

Police Beat: Missing truck, stolen tech

Alexandra Torres-Perez | Apr 12, 2017

Missing Wheels A student reported his black Ford truck missing from Lot 18 on April 5. According to the police report, the student parked his truck near a light pole the day before, but noticed it was...

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Police Beat: hand catching and purse snatching

Police Beat: hand catching and purse snatching

Alexandra Torres-Perez | Apr 3, 2017

Cash Me Ousside Officials were dispatched to the Field House after two students started arguing while playing basketball on March 30. According to the police report, one student became violent after...

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Police Beat: Racial slurs and mental breakdowns

Police Beat: Racial slurs and mental breakdowns

Alexandra Torres-Perez | Mar 27, 2017

Offensive Graffiti Offensive graffiti messages were found by a student in one of the bathrooms located off the hallway of the Computer Science Building on March 17th. The offensive messages were carved...

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Joseph Jenkins. Photo courtesy of JSO

Man accused of masturbating on campus pleads not guilty

Ronnie Rodgers | Mar 7, 2017

The man accused of masturbating in front of two female students has entered a not guilty plea on all charges on March 1. Joseph Jenkins plead not guilty on four counts of exposing sexual organs —...

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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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Photo by Camille Shaw

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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Cop lights. Stock Photo

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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Jecorian McCray Photo courtesy JSO.

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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