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UNFPD: Man arrested for groping student

Tiffany Salameh Jan 19, 2017

(Updated 12:00 pm Jan. 19, to correct potentially confusing wording.) UNFPD arrested the man who allegedly inappropriately touched a student in November outside of the library, according to an Osprey...

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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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UNFPD hosted the "wet lab" to show officers what to look for when pulling over drunk drivers. Photo courtesy WikiCommons

How a UNF student got drunk with police

Jordan Fuqua Dec 19, 2016

Getting paid to drink free alcohol on campus? Sounds like a dream right? It kind of was. On Thursday, Dec. 15, a police organization hosted a class on campus to teach police officers the effects alcohol...

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Larenzo Quincy Askew Photo courtesy Thomas van Schoor

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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UNFPD gets new gear from Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation

UNFPD gets new gear from Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation

Logan Ansteatt Nov 19, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxPIWjpWcZM Video by Jack Drain Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation gave UNFPD a $41,991 grant to pay for a new police cruiser and six automated external defibrillator...

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UPDATE: Man who groped student banned from campus, police say

UPDATE: Man who groped student banned from campus, police say

Cassidy Alexander Nov 10, 2016

UPDATE — 11/14/16 @ 5:16 p.m.   UNFPD located and identified the suspect accused of groping a residential student who responded to a Craigslist ad asking for a babysitter. An update to the original...

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Police Beat: Get Wrecked

Police Beat: Get Wrecked

Logan Ansteatt Oct 19, 2016

  Golf Cart Crash A traffic crash occurred between a golf cart and a parked car on Oct. 11. The police report states the driver and a witness were attempting to locate the witness’ car. The...

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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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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 Brittany Moore

Accident in Lot 18; looks worse than it is

Tiffany Butler Sep 21, 2016

  If you saw fire and rescue trucks on campus this morning, here’s why: Around 10 a.m., there was an accident in Lot 18 near the north entrance, where you come into the lot from Beach Boulevard....

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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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