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Police Beat: Damage and a threat

Police Beat: Damage and a threat

Logan Ansteatt | Oct 13, 2016

Tree damage UNFPD responded to a damaged vehicle at the Flats on Oct. 8. According to the police report, the victim parked her vehicle on Oct. 6 and returned to find her car damaged by a tree blown...

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Photo by Joseph Basco

UNF student almost victim of IRS scam

Logan Ansteatt | Oct 12, 2016

A UNF student received a threatening phone call from someone posing as a government agent. According to the police report, around noon Sept. 8 the victim answered a call from a man with a heavy Indian...

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Graphic by Randall Johnson

Clown sighted on campus

Cassidy Alexander | Oct 5, 2016

UPDATE 10/21/16 @ 1:26 p.m. Two calls were made to UNFPD on Oct. 16 and 17 over possible clown sightings. Call logs indicate a caller near Building 45 saw a clown walking across the Green at around...

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Jecorian McCray Photo courtesy JSO.

New details arise in case of killed UNF employee

Cassidy Alexander | Oct 3, 2016

The man accused of orchestrating a UNF employee’s murder from a jail cell will be continuing his trial for the burglary he was originally accused of. Jecorian McCray, 23, was arrested for a burglary...

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Police Beat: slashed, stolen and forged

Police Beat: slashed, stolen and forged

Logan Ansteatt | Oct 1, 2016

Cashing In A UNF Bookstore employee used a customer’s Osprey 1 card to make purchases for himself. The police report states that an officer arrived at the bookstore on Sept. 27 in relation to a...

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Photo courtesy of St. John's County Sherriff's Office

Student admits to sexual exploitation of a 4-year-old, deputies say

Cassidy Alexander | Sep 26, 2016

Neal D. Buckles, the UNF freshman accused of possessing and sending child pornography, also admitted to sexually exploiting a 4-year-old to investigators, records from St. John’s County officials state. According...

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Police Beat: Petty thefts and a weed bust

Police Beat: Petty thefts and a weed bust

Logan Ansteatt | Sep 23, 2016

Stolen Socks   A pair of socks were stolen from the UNF bookstore on Sept. 8. The police report states UNFPD was approached about the theft around noon on Sept. 9. According to the report, the suspect...

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Police handcuffed a man who witnesses say yelled at a student in the library and screamed about ISIS. Photo by Will Weber

Man handcuffed, taken to hospital after outbursts about ISIS in library

Logan Ansteatt | Sep 21, 2016

https://twitter.com/UNFspinnaker/status/778669971287203840 A man was put in handcuffs and taken to the hospital after multiple witnesses say he screamed about ISIS and yelled at a female student on the...

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Photo by Camille Shaw

Update: Man who exposed himself to students told victims it was “just a dare,” report states

Will Weber | Sep 7, 2016

Update 9/7 at 6:05 p.m.: “This is just a dare, and I wanted to see if y’all noticed that my penis was out.”    This is what two women were told as they attempted to assist a man in locating...

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DMT found in campus housing

Tiffany Butler | Aug 31, 2016

Two jugs of psychedelic drugs were found in the Osprey Landing during freshman move out at the end of last spring. The liquid had been rumored to be psychedelic, but UNFPD was unable to confirm that...

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Police Beat: Phone threats, vandalism and burglaries

Police Beat: Phone threats, vandalism and burglaries

Logan Ansteatt | Aug 24, 2016

Phone Threats UNFPD investigated a series of threatening phone calls on Aug. 17 at Alumni Hall. According to the police report, at around 8 a.m. a campus employee received six phone calls from a...

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Police Beat: Multiple thefts in The Flats

Police Beat: Multiple thefts in The Flats

Tiffany Butler | Aug 11, 2016

Missing Mac A Macbook laptop and iPod were stolen from The Flats at UNF on Aug. 6. According to the report, the victim left the laptop and iPod on his bed prior to leaving the apartment to attend his...

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