Crime returns with the fall semester
By Abbigail Overfelt
News Editor
In this student’s case, her car was left in the parking lot for about a week. When she attempted to start the car, it would not start. She then had a mechanic check her vehicle, and he discovered that her catalytic converter was missing; someone had cut it away from her exhaust system. Also reported in the e-mail was an incident of larceny that occured on Aug. 29, in which a student left her purse in the Student Center.
She later found her purse at the information booth, but her wallet was missing.
Summer incidents
A campus charge was issued for a relationship dispute in University Village Apartments on June 18.
University Police responded to a dispute between a boyfriend and girlfriend, and the female reported that the boyfriend assaulted her.
The female was also advised to take out a warrant for assault.
An accident occurred on Aug. 13, in parking lot #5. A student was backing out from a parking space and hit another vehicle, causing $400 worth in damage. An North Carolina citation was issued on July 18 to a student carrying no insurance on their vehicle.
The larceny of a bicycle occurred from University Village Apartments on July 26, and a Sony PSP was stolen from Pine Hall on June 19. No charges were filed in either incident. A case of larceny/lost vehicle tags was filed on June 4, also with no charges.
No charges were filed in two incidents of injury to personal property, one occurring on June 14 at University Village and the other on July 22 when a vehicle’s exterior was scratched.
A wallet was reportedlost on July 8 and a report was filed on an injured student in Oak Hall on Aug. 15.
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