The following are among the incidents reported to University Police between Nov. 17 and 29.
Nov. 17
10:28 a.m.: A staff member on the Edinburg campus reported an unauthorized purchase of $679.60 at Sam’s Club on his assigned university credit card. The case is under investigation.
1:28 p.m.: A faculty member on the Brownsville campus reported she had received a concerning email from a former student. The email was reviewed, and it was determined no criminal offense had occurred.
11:16 p.m.: A resident assistant for the Casa Bella Apartments on the Brownsville campus reported the interior of an oven had caught fire while she was cooking. She used a fire extinguisher located inside the apartment to put out the fire. No damage was observed. The building was checked and cleared for reentry. A work order was submitted to replace the fire extinguisher.
Nov. 18
1:22 a.m.: An officer was notified via email that a student believed that she was being followed by a male student while on the Edinburg campus. The officer contacted the student via telephone who reported she was fine but was made to feel very uncomfortable by a male classmate who followed her earlier in the day. It was determined that no criminal offense had occurred, but a referral to the Dean of Students Office will be submitted since there have been previous other reports of the same behavior involving the male student.
6:24 p.m.: An employee on the Edinburg campus reported receiving an email on her UTRGV email account from an unknown person who was demanding monetary benefit for not releasing certain intimate visual material to family members. The case is under investigation.
Nov. 23
10:31 a.m.: A student reported that an unknown woman requested her personal email while on the Edinburg campus. The student found this suspicious and declined the request.
4:31 p.m.: An officer contacted a student reporting another student yelling at her while driving by in Hidalgo. No criminal elements were found. The case was generated for documentation purposes.
Nov. 26
3:47 p.m.: Officers made contact with a non-affiliated man at the Village Apartments on the Edinburg campus. The man claimed he was a student and an on-campus resident. This was determined to be false and he was issued a criminal trespass warning. The man then left campus without further incident. At 11:02 p.m. Nov. 27, an officer responded to Heritage Hall Apartments on the Edinburg campus in reference to the non-affiliated man. The man was arrested and transported to the City of Edinburg Municipal Jail for holding pending arraignment.
Nov. 27
2:51 p.m.: A University Recreation Center employee on the Edinburg campus reported a man and a woman who were in the swimming pool after hours.
Nov. 28
12:33 p.m.: Officers were dispatched to the UT Health San Carlos site in reference to a suspicious man entering the building. The man was identified by witnesses to be the same person who was previously issued a criminal trespass warning. The case is under investigation.
1:42 p.m.: An officer met with an employee on the Edinburg campus in reference to her non-affiliated husband making multiple phone calls to the university and making disparaging remarks against her. The case is under investigation.
2:16 p.m.: A UTRGV Financial Services employee on the Edinburg campus reported an attempt to cash a fraudulent check bearing the university’s insignia. There was no monetary loss, and the case is under investigation.
8:39 p.m.: A student reported she had an altercation inside the Science Complex on the Edinburg campus with another female student with whom she had recently ended a relationship. Officers determined there were no criminal elements to the disturbance.
Nov. 29
3:04 p.m.: An officer made contact with a student who reported that an unidentified man was following her and taking pictures of her in the University Library on the Edinburg campus. The responding officer determined that no crime occurred. The officer told the student about services offered by the police department, such as the Safe Walk program.
–Compiled by Arisbeth Rodriguez
