kelsey: April 2011

I know you have all been waiting for this. I feel ya. I've been waiting all semester. I might have only blogged the Police Beat once... if that. But fear not, the Daily Universe just published the Best Of Winter Semester and they are pretty great. I'm posting them all so you can get the full effect. Enjoy :) [I particularly enjoy Suspicious Activity: January 17th and March 2nd, Disorderly Conduct: March 4th, Property Damage: January 14th, and Traffic Violation: January 19th. Oh heck, I like them all!]

Theft
March 10: A student reported his car stolen after he could not find it in the BYU parking terrace. The car was later located in the terrace, one level lower than the owner remembered parking.

Suspicious Activity
Jan. 17: A student reported a male with orange hair and an orange beard looking suspicious in the Smith Fieldhouse. The student told police he had overheard the man telling a woman that he liked babies. When officers arrived, no one saw a man with orange hair or an orange beard.

Jan. 20: Officers received reports of students climbing trees in front of the McKay Building. When officers responded, the students told police they had not been climbing the trees, but had just been looking up in them for a geocache. The geocache was located while police were present.

Jan. 29: After the Widtsoe Building was locked, someone saw people in the building and called police. Upon arrival, the officers discovered it was students who had been playing hide and seek before the building had closed. The students were told to leave the building.

March 2: Officers received a report of a van with fogged windows and seats removed from the vehicle. The caller suspected lewd acts were being committed in the van. Upon arrival, the officers discovered 10 fully-clothed individuals watching a movie.

March 24: The police received a report of someone sitting naked on the cougar statue outside the football stadium. The subject was gone upon police arrival.

Disorderly Conduct
Jan. 24: A One-stop cashier called police when a male student began pounding on the office window after it had already closed. The cashier reported that it was not a gentle knock, and so she locked the window. Police arrived and calmed the student, who was upset and crying because he had been removed from all of his classes even though his tuition was paid.

March 4: Microwaves from Helaman Halls were moved into the hall lounge, where someone destroyed them by running food in them for a considerable amount of time. When officers responded they found the ruined microwaves along with charred remains of a burrito.

Property Damage
Jan. 14: A woman was driving near the Crabtree building when she stopped at a light. A male using the crosswalk tapped her car with his hand and told her that she should not drive while talking on the phone. The driver saw this same man later and told him not to touch her vehicle. In response, he rubbed his hands on the front of her car.

Traffic Violation
Jan. 19: A man returned to his parked car and found another car parked with its bumper touching his. The man did not know what to do, so he called the police. Officers asked the man to move his car backward. No damage was done.