The following are among the incidents reported to University Police between Feb. 6 and 10
Feb. 6
9:16 a.m.: An officer was dispatched to Lot E16 due to a two-vehicle collision. One vehicle was not operable and was towed from the scene. The other vehicle was driven away by its driver. No injuries were reported.
9:29 a.m.: An officer observed two vehicles racing on West University Boulevard in Brownsville. The officer conducted a traffic stop on both vehicles and identified the drivers as UTRGV students. The matter will be handled administratively by the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities.
11:51 a.m.: A staff member in Edinburg reported losing university keys during the Christmas holiday.
4:56 p.m.: An officer was dispatched to Sabal Hall on the Brownsville campus in reference to an ill student. A faculty member called 911 and requested an ambulance. Brownsville emergency medical services arrived and transported the student to Valley Baptist Medical Center for a medical evaluation.
Feb. 8
5:01 p.m.: A faculty member reported that he suffered a cut thumb while retrieving an item from a vertical storage bin in the Texas Southmost College Music Building in Brownsville. It appears a razor blade was taped to the interior of the storage bin. The case is under investigation.
7:45 p.m.: A current student observed a former UTRGV student masturbating inside the first floor men’s restroom in Academic Performing Arts Complex B on the Edinburg campus. Officers arrived at the men’s restroom and observed the suspect masturbating. He was detained and transported to the UTRGV Police Department. The witness was willing to file criminal charges for the offense. A UTRGV detective was contacted and interviewed the suspect. After waiving his Miranda Warning, the suspect allegedly admitted to his involvement in the crime reported on Feb. 1 and 8. He was arrested and placed in the Edinburg City Jail pending his arraignment.
Feb. 9
11:48 a.m.: Officers were dispatched to the Lot B1 construction site in reference to a fight that had occurred between two construction workers. Both parties involved reported having been assaulted by one another. The case is under investigation.
5:43 p.m.: Officers responded to Lot E19 in reference to an auto-pedestrian accident involving a 2-year-old child who had been struck by a vehicle being operated by a non-affiliated woman. Emergency medical services transported the child to the Doctors Hospital at Renaissance in Edinburg, where he was diagnosed with a fractured left tibia. He was then released from the hospital to his parents.
Feb. 10
2:01 p.m.: A fire alarm sounded during an event at the Performing Arts Complex Auditorium. The building was evacuated and the Edinburg Fire Department responded. They then cleared the building for re-entry.
10:11 p.m.: A student reported that earlier in the day another student assaulted him by pushing and striking him in the face after a basketball game in the University Recreation Center on the Edinburg campus. The case is under investigation.
–Compiled by Britney Valdez
