The following are among the incidents reported to University Police between Sept. 15 and 20.
Sept. 15
6:17 p.m.: While on vehicle patrol, an officer spotted a non-affiliated woman who was known to have an active criminal trespass warning for all UTRGV property. The woman was observed walking in Lot E-21 on the Edinburg campus. The officer contacted the woman and confirmed the criminal trespass warning. She was subsequently booked into the Edinburg Municipal Jail on a charge of criminal trespass, a Class B misdemeanor.
Sept. 16
1:30 p.m.: A student reported that her parking permit was stolen from inside her vehicle’s windshield while parked in Lot B-1 on the Brownsville campus. The case is under investigation.
Sept. 17
2:50 p.m.: An officer conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle for a defective tail lamp on the 1200 block of West Van Week Street in Edinburg. Upon further investigation, it was discovered that the non-affiliated driver had an active and confirmed arrest warrant for the offense of endangering a child (state jail felony) from Webb County. The man was arrested and booked into the Hidalgo County Adult Detention Facility.
Sept. 19
8:35 a.m.: A UTRGV Mathematics and Science Academy student reported a non-affiliated female friend had been sexually assaulted off campus in Brownsville. UTRGV police officers contacted the victim at an off-campus location with her high school counselor present at the victim’s request and provided proper guidance on how to report the offense to the appropriate jurisdictional police department when she was ready.
Sept. 20
10:17 a.m.: Officers were dispatched to Lot E-16 on the Edinburg campus after being called by a non-affiliated adult man due to shortness of breath. Officers and emergency medical services located the man and discovered he had physical and mental disabilities and was left at the University Recreation Center by his mother, who purchased a day pass while she attended a class. His mother was located on campus and proceeded to go to the hospital with her son. The incident is under investigation and a referral to Adult Protective Services was completed.
3:16 p.m.: A student riding his bicycle through a marked crosswalk was struck by a university vehicle on the 1200 block of West Van Week Street in Edinburg. The student sustained minor injuries and was transported to a local hospital by emergency medical services for further care. The Edinburg Police Department investigated and generated an auto/bicyclist collision report.
–Compiled by Arisbeth Rodriguez
