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The incident took place in Osprey Landing X.
 Photo by Lili Weinstein

911 call reveals more info on $10 robbery; Suspects thought student was a drug dealer

Alexandra Torres-Perez Nov 9, 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sj-vv24qjfI Two unidentified suspects broke into a student’s dorm while a third suspect was acting as a lookout at Landing X Tuesday around 7:45 p.m.,according to the...

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The notice that was posted on student's doors. Photo by Dianne Colley

Landing residents receive warnings for not picking up trash

Audrey Carpenter Sep 9, 2016

  A warning in uppercase bright red font was posted on the dorm room doors for residents of Landing from UNF Housing and Residence Life in response to the trash that’s been piling up around the...

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 Photo by Audrey Carpenter

Campus cooking gets smart

Audrey Carpenter Aug 23, 2016

UNF Housing and Residence life is taking new measures to ensure student safety and prevent fires. They are testing a new type of stovetop burner called Smart Burners. Director of Housing and Residence...

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The door of the room where the substance was found. Photo by Tiffany Butler.

UPDATE: Suspicious liquid still unidentified

Tiffany Butler May 4, 2016

The University of North Florida Police Department (UNFPD) was dispatched to building Y of the Osprey Landing to investigate a suspicious liquid on April 29, but the liquid has not yet been identified.  An...

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Destructive student, pot bust, and stolen bikes

Patrick Lloyd May 26, 2015
A student frustrated with his parking ticket appeal broke the Parking Services door, the last pot bust of Spring and more bikes get stolen.
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FSCJ student charged with Spring Break burglary

Alex Wilson Mar 27, 2014
UNFPD responded to a suspicious person report and ended up arresting a suspect for a different crime.
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Reported hostage situation ends in mystery

Alex Wilson Mar 26, 2014
A complainant told UNFPD she saw a man in the Osprey Landing court yard taped to a chair with a pillow case over his head.
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Across campus, one man’s trash is turning into another man’s treasure…

Spinnaker Mar 7, 2012

By: Arielle Pompilius, Copy Editor   Every spring, more than 600 colleges and universities across the U.S. and Canada compete to win a trophy made out of recycled trash. The Recyclemania...

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Faulty INTELLIKEYs result in campus safety concerns among students and faculty

Maggie Seppi Feb 22, 2012
INTELLIKEY incident brings about questioning of company’s programming process and causes student mistrust.
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Police Beat, Feb. 22

Maggie Seppi Feb 22, 2012

  Feb. 14 Physical Altercation (Lot 11) - An officer was flagged down by Complainant No. 1 who said Complainant No. 2 was riding his skateboard on the bridge between Osprey Cove and Osprey Landing...

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Best of Police Beat Fall 2011

Joseph Basco Dec 1, 2011

Aug. 24 Battery (Osprey Landing) – A student and friend left a dorm room and ran into the friend’s girlfriend – the suspect – in the hallway. The suspect was upset and muttered obscenities at the...

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Sex with your roommate

Lindsay Montgomery Nov 9, 2011

Avoid those awkward encounters During my freshman year at UNF, my roommate came back from a night at a club just after I’d gone to bed. She wasn’t alone. And I wasn’t asleep. By the time I...

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