Police Reports

­­­­­The following are among the incidents reported to University Police between Feb. 14 and 19.

Feb. 14

10:48 a.m.: A student injured his ankle after falling down the stairs in the Main Building on the Brownsville campus. He declined emergency medical services.

4:44 p.m.: A student reported that his vehicle’s window was shattered while it was parked in Lot E31 on the Edinburg campus. Video footage showed grounds personnel trimming grass with a weed trimmer in the area. The facilities ground supervisor was notified.

8:54 p.m.: A student reported receiving a computer-generated phone message from the UTRGV Police Department saying that she needed to contact the police about her driving at the Casa Bella student housing complex on the Brownsville campus. UTRGV Police did not contact her, but upon further investigation, it was discovered that three of the student’s friends, who are Casa Bella residents, had pranked her with a phone application to deliver the computer-generated message. The incident was referred to UTRGV Students Rights and Responsibilities.

Feb. 15

5:31 p.m.: A student reported that a known male student threatened him verbally while exiting the University Library on the Edinburg campus. The case is under investigation.

6:10 p.m.: Officers and the Brownsville Fire Department responded to a fire alarm at the old BookBee building on the Brownsville campus. The officers found no signs of smoke or fire. The Fire Department cleared the building for re-entry.

Feb. 16

10:24 a.m.: Officers and the Edinburg Fire Department responded to a fire alarm at the Visual Arts Building on the Edinburg campus. The fire department determined that the alarm was triggered by popcorn burning in a microwave. The Fire Department cleared the building for re-entry.

12:35 p.m.: A student reported that her prescription eyeglasses were stolen from a locker room in the University Recreation Center on the Edinburg campus. The glasses were valued at $400.

1:45 p.m.: Officers responded to a report of a suspicious female in the second floor women’s restroom of the Biomedical Research and Health Professions Building on the Brownsville campus. The woman already had a current criminal trespass warning for all UTRGV properties. She was arrested on a charge of criminal trespass and booked into the Brownsville City Jail.

5:43 p.m.: A resident at the Village Apartments on the Edinburg campus who was arguing and yelling at a family member via telephone threw a chair, breaking the window of her apartment and the chair. The incident was referred to Student Rights and Responsibilities.

Feb. 17

8:47 a.m.: A student reported that his $200 bicycle was stolen during the winter break from the Health Affairs Building East on the Edinburg campus.

4:34 p.m.: A Brownsville Early College High School/UTRGV student reported that a fellow student spit on her face and used profanity toward her during an argument in Sabal Hall on the Brownsville campus. The Brownsville Independent School District Police Department was notified and the UTRGV Police Department is conducting a criminal investigation.

Feb. 18

1:28 a.m.: Officers responded to a report of an odor of marijuana at Unity Hall on the Edinburg campus. A student said she and two female friends had been smoking marijuana in her room. One student was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of possession of marijuana. The other two student suspects were identified, but were not located at the scene. The incident was referred to Student Rights and Responsibilities.

Feb. 19

8:19 a.m.: An officer observed a Brownsville Fire Department vehicle leaving the Texas Southmost College Bookstore, which is one of the buildings leased by UTRGV. The Brownsville Fire Department responded and did not notify the UTRGV Police Department. Texas Southmost College security was contacted instead, but they did not contact UTRGV Police or relay the reason for the Fire Department being dispatched. Two attempts were made to contact the manager of the bookstore, but the calls were not answered.

–Compiled by Macarena Martinez