The following are among the incidents reported to University Police between Feb. 1 and 6.
Feb. 1
1:30 p.m.
A staff member reported another staff member had come by her place of employment at the Medical Education Building on the Edinburg campus. She wanted the incident documented because she did not want further communication with the man.
3:01 p.m.
A non-affiliated man was issued a criminal trespass warning at the request of a Residential Life staff member for violating housing rules at the Casa Bella Apartments on the Brownsville campus. The man left the location without incident.
Feb. 2
3:38 p.m.
A non-affiliated elderly woman fell and hurt her right shoulder area while exiting the Medical Education Building on the Edinburg campus. Hidalgo County Emergency Medical Services transported her to Doctors Hospital at Renaissance for further medical evaluation.
4:01 p.m.
A staff member reported receiving repeated unwanted emails from a non-affiliated woman to her UTRGV-issued email account. The case is under investigation.
Feb. 3
1:04 p.m.
Officers and the Edinburg Fire Department responded to the International Trade and Technology Building on the Edinburg campus in reference to a fire alarm. After checking the building, the fire department deemed it safe for reentry. A construction crew working in the area had accidentally set off the alarm.
Feb. 4
2:46 p.m.
An officer responded to the Medical Education Building on the Edinburg campus in reference to an injury a staff member suffered on Feb. 3. While emptying trash from the vaccination stations, the staff member suffered a needlepuncture from a syringe to her left leg. After the incident, she informed her supervisor and was medically evaluated by medical personnel at the UTRGV Health Clinic. The syringe had been protruding from a trash bag and was later properly disposed of by clinic staff.
Feb. 6
5:20 p.m.
An officer met with two non-affiliated individuals in regard to a traffic collision occurring off campus. The vehicle sustained minor damage, and no injuries were reported.
UPDATE
A detective obtained an arrest warrant for a suspect in a theft case, a state jail felony. On. Jan. 28, a woman reported she had left her cell phone in the women’s restroom in the UTRGV Health Pediatric Specialties Clinic on the Edinburg campus. She used a phone application to find the phone’s location, which was concluded to be a staff member’s off-campus residence. The staff member admitted to taking the phone, and the phone was returned to the owner. After turning herself in to a detective at the UTRGV Police Department on Feb. 4, the woman was booked into the Edinburg City Jail without incident.
–Compiled by Sol Garcia
