The following are among the incidents reported to University Police between Aug. 24 and 31.
Aug. 24
8:30 p.m.: The Brownsville Police Department received information in reference to a student’s conduct on a social media platform. The case will be referred to Student Rights and Responsibilities for administrative review.
11:42 p.m.: An officer observed U.S. Border Patrol agents searching for subjects on the Brownsville campus. The agents subsequently apprehended eight subjects. Six individuals were from Mexico, one from Honduras and one from Guatemala.
Aug. 25
8:43 a.m.: A staff member reported discovering a rear window on a UTRGV van shattered while it was parked and unattended in the Physical Plant Compound on the Edinburg campus. An officer reviewed video cameras from the area which revealed the window shattered on its own, possibly due to heat.
Aug. 26
2:18 p.m.: An officer responded to the Student Services Building on the Edinburg campus in reference to an unknown male using profane/vulgar language with university staff. The male left the area before the officer’s arrival. The case is under investigation.
6:31 p.m.: A male staff member at the Edinburg Bursar’s Office reported that his cash register was short $200. The report was filed for documentation purposes.
Aug. 27
4:56 p.m.: A staff member reported losing a university-issued key about eight years ago at her residence in Pharr. The staff member is in the process of exiting the university and needed to document the missing key.
Aug. 28
9:02 a.m.: A staff member reported losing her university-issued key and FOB key at her off campus residence in Edinburg. On Aug. 31, the staff member reported she had located the lost items.
Aug. 31
11:38 a.m.: A male faculty member reported being harassed via email and social media by a known non-affiliated female. The case is under investigation
12:12 p.m.: An officer responded to Lot E-26 on the Edinburg campus in reference to a report of a vehicle’s window being shattered by a staff member trimming grass in the area. Arrangements are being made with the owner of the vehicle to have the vehicle repaired.
UPDATE
A man has been arraigned on charges of theft in connection with a gold chain and other items stolen from two apartments in The Village Apartments in Edinburg. On Aug. 23, a student reported a gold chain was stolen from his apartment after it was left unsecured due to ongoing construction. Upon further investigation, UTRGV Police Department detectives identified a male suspect, a contract employee. Detectives recovered some of the stolen items from the suspect and a local pawn shop. While investigating the case, they recovered property allegedly stolen by the suspect from another apartment at The Village Apartments. Detectives identified a staff member living in that apartment who was a victim of a theft. The suspect was arrested Aug. 26 and charged with theft, a state jail felony. The suspect was arrested Aug. 29 on the second theft charge, a Class A misdemeanor, and arraigned the same day. He was transported back to the Hidalgo County Jail.
–Compiled by Fernanda Figueroa
