March 29
10:42 a.m.: An employee in the cooling plant on the Edinburg campus reported the closed-circuit TV surveillance cameras were disconnected. This is the second incident in which employees find the cameras physically disconnected and they believe it was done intentionally by an unknown person. The case is under investigation.
4:26 p.m.: A female student on the Edinburg campus reported she was being followed by her ex-boyfriend, who was also contacting her through texts and emails. UTRGV police spoke to the non-affiliated man, who was issued a criminal trespass warning. The case is under investigation.
10:01 p.m.: An employee reported witnessing two men climb the U.S. Border Fence outside the UTRGV Facilities complex on the Brownsville campus. The men were later located and detained by UTRGV police officers outside the facilities complex and turned over to the U.S. Border Patrol. The men claimed to be from El Salvador and Nicaragua.
March 30
1:22 p.m.: An employee in the Medical Education building on the Edinburg campus reported receiving emails from an unknown individual regarding a medical student. Upon further investigation, no criminal elements were found. A report was generated for documentation purposes.
March 31
4:07 p.m.: A resident assistant in Troxel Hall on the Edinburg campus reported finding writings containing profanity made with an erasable marker on the surface of a washer and on a dry erase board inside the laundry room. The markings were immediately removed from the washer and the board.
7:24 p.m.: A male student reported that, during an argument, his girlfriend (also a student) slapped him across the chest on the 700 block of North Sugar Road in Edinburg. The male student did not want to file criminal charges and did not sustain any injuries.
April 1
6:03 a.m.: Officers were dispatched to the Social Work and Occupation Therapy building on the Edinburg campus in reference to electronic items being stolen from a storage closet located inside the building. The case is under investigation.
9:33 p.m.: Officers responded to the Village Apartments on the Edinburg campus in reference to a male student urinating in public. Officers spoke with the reporting party, a male staff member, who refused to file criminal charges against the student. Upon further investigation, it was determined that the student was intoxicated to the degree of being a danger to himself or others and was placed under arrest on charges of public intoxication (a class C misdemeanor) and booked into the Edinburg Municipal Jail.
April 2
2:30 p.m.: An officer responded to the Casa Bella Apartments on the Brownsville campus in reference to a male student who wanted to report that a female student was violating the UTRGV Housing and Residence Life Department’s “No Contact Directive” that was made for both parties. The report was taken for documentation purposes. The elements of a criminal offense were not met.
8:09 p.m.: A male student in the Casa Bella Apartments on the Brownsville campus reported receiving repeated phone calls and electronic messages from a female student who he had notified to cease all forms of communication with him. The male student does not wish to file criminal charges against the female student.
April 3
11:11 a.m.: An employee of the Chick-fil-A restaurant in the Student Union
on the Edinburg campus reported a male student tried to purchase food with suspected counterfeit U.S. currency. The student was fully identified, and the bill was seized for further analysis.
4:33 p.m.: A female student reported that in November 2022, while at the Education Complex on the Edinburg campus, a known male student approached her and struck her on the back with an open hand, causing her pain. The case is under investigation.
5:20 p.m.: A female student reported that while at the Student Union on the Edinburg campus in January 2023, a known male student hugged her from behind around her waist. The female student found the contact offensive. The case is under investigation.
–Compiled by Arisbeth Rodriguez
