Crime Watch

A framed picture of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was taken from the Air Force ROTC lobby in Monk Simons building between Jan. 8 and Jan. 10. A TUPD officer responded to the reported theft at 9:30 a.m. Jan. 12. The reporting person said that when he arrived at the building at 3 p.m. Jan. 10, he noticed the photo missing from the wall. The person said this has happened more than once in the past months, and always on the weekends.

A student contacted TUPD Jan.9 at 9:45 p.m. to report his television and stereo stolen from his room in Irby Residence Hall over winter break. The student said that he locked his room Dec. 13 and left campus. When he returned Jan. 9, he noticed that his television and stereo were missing

A staff member contacted TUPD Jan. 11 at 1 p.m. to report a spare tire stolen from the back of a Service Learning van. The staff member, a driver for the Office of Service Learning, said he discovered the tire was missing Jan. 7 at 9 a.m. The van had been parked in the Reily Center staff parking lot.

A Tulane University Police Department officer noticed a pole and card access swipe device missing from the entrance of the Engineering Road at 9:30 a.m. Jan. 13. The officer remembered observing the device Jan. 12 at 2 p.m.  TUPD contacted Facilities Services for any possible information about the missing device, but Facilities Services did not respond.

Simple Burglary

A student contacted TUPD Jan. 13 at 12:35 a.m. to report someone had broken into his room in Irby Hall. The student said he left his room Jan. 12 at 9:30 a.m. and locked the door. He returned at 12:15 a.m. and noticed several of his belongings missing including a laptop computer, digital camera, iPod, television and DVD player. After investigating the room, a TUPD officer determined that an unknown person had forcibly entered the room through the bathroom door.

Hit and Run

A TUPD officer responded to a report of a car being struck in the Diboll Garage Jan. 13 at 6:42 a.m. The owner said he parked his car on the ramp leading to the fifth floor of the parking garage Jan. 12 at 6 a.m. and when he returned at 10:30 p.m. he noticed damage to the passenger side door.

Indecent Exposure

A Public Safety Shuttle driver contacted TUPD to complain of a man exposing himself near the University area. A student who was dropped off by the University shuttle was walking to her car when she noticed a man sitting on the steps of a home across the street. The man, wearing a robe, spread his legs, and exposed his genitals. The student said that once the man saw her, he began to fondle himself. The student returned to the shuttle driver to report what she saw, and the driver called TUPD.

Two TUPD officers responded to the scene, and were advised that the man was standing at the door of a yellow house on Pine Street. When the officers went to the home, the door was closed. A woman answered the door and the officers asked if there was anyone else in the home. The woman answered no, but one of the officers heard someone inside. The woman said that the person was her grandson, but she had not realized he was home. The student, who was waiting outside, positively identified the man as the person who had exposed himself. The man refused to leave the house or give the officers any form of identification.

Criminal damage to property

A TUPD officer responded to a complaint of damaged property in Paterson Hall Jan. 10 at 7:42 p.m. The student who reported the incident said he returned to his room at 7:35 p.m. and discovered his window broken. The student said his next-door resident reported hearing several male voices outside, calling for the roommate of the reporting student. Shortly after, the neighbor heard glass breaking, and stepped outside to find the window broken. When the reporting student’s roommate returned at 7:55 p.m., he received a phone call from a friend who lived in Sharp Hall. The Sharp Hall resident said he knew how the window was broken. He said that he and a group of friends had been outside Paterson House calling for the roommate, when an unknown resident passed by. They asked the resident to knock on the door for them, but he tapped on the glass instead, and the glass broke.

A student contacted TUPD Jan. 13 at 11:26 a.m. to report damage to his car. The student had parked his car on McAlister Drive near the University Center construction site at 9 p.m. Jan. 12, and when he returned Jan. 13, the driver’s side windshield wiper was broken.

A TUPD officer was patrolling the area near Howard-Tilton Library at 1:21 a.m. Jan. 14 when he heard a loud banging noise. The officer searched the area and saw a man hitting a locked bicycle with a three-foot lead pipe. The man told the officer that he had an argument with his girlfriend off campus and became upset. He retrieved a pipe near the library and began damaging the bicycle. The man admitted he had been drinking.

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-compiled by Meera Unnithan

main section editor