Police Reports

Nov. 4

7:14 a.m.: A male student made several threats to UTRGV students at a fundraiser held Nov. 2 in Lot E-32 on the Edinburg campus. An investigation revealed a terroristic threat was made by the student toward his classmates and an assault by contact to a female student occurred where she felt the touch to be offensive/provocative. He was placed under arrest on charges of assault by contact and terroristic threat. The student was transported to the Edinburg City Jail.

7:14 a.m.: A student received a threatening voice message from the same student suspect who made several threats to his classmates off campus. He was charged with a second terroristic threat.

3:11 p.m.: While sleeping on the floor in the computer lab in the Education Complex on the Edinburg campus, a student was kicked by a lab attendant to wake her. She did not feel any pain and declined to file charges against the lab attendant, who was identified.

7:10 p.m.: After receiving a call from a concerned citizen, an officer contacted a non-affiliated driver in Lot E-16 on the Edinburg campus and deemed he was OK. He did not have a driver’s license, so the vehicle was released to a licensed driver.

Nov. 5

1:28 a.m.: An employee was found intoxicated at the Central Utility Cooling Plant on the Edinburg campus. No criminal charges for public intoxication were filed due to the location being restricted where the public does not have access. He was released to his sister and brother-in-law without incident.

7:50 p.m.: Two unknown men in a black truck assaulted another man on a bike near Ringgold Road, near the Brownsville campus. One of the men took the victim’s bike and left the area. The Brownsville Police Department is investigating the incident as a disturbance.

Nov. 6

2:21 p.m.: A student forgot his backpack, which contained a firearm, inside a restroom at the Student Academic Center on the Edinburg campus. Via building cameras, a man was observed walking with said backpack into a classroom on the first floor of the building. He claimed he placed the backpack in class, waiting to see if anyone would claim it, assuming it belonged to a classmate. Before releasing the property back to the owner, officers ran a check on the firearm’s serial number, which came back clear.

Nov. 7

9:34 a.m.: An unattended university leaf blower was stolen from the exterior of the Life & Health Sciences Building on the Brownsville campus.

11:57 a.m.: A student reported damage to her vehicle’s left rear tire, which she believes was caused by a wheel lock placed Nov. 6 by UTRGV Parking and Transportation in Lot E-40 on the Edinburg campus. Her tire had no issues prior to Nov. 6, and she was told to have the tire inspected.

9:45 p.m.: An officer responded in regard to the sound of a gunshot being heard near the Academic Services Building and Engineering building on the Edinburg campus. It was later learned the sound came from a university vehicle backfiring in the area.

Nov. 8

4:38 p.m.: Two students intentionally forged a UTRGV parking permit in Lot B-1 on the Brownsville campus. The fake permit was confiscated and submitted into evidence.

–Compiled by Klaudia Cedillo