POLICE REPORTS

Aug. 22
11:42 a.m.: A UTRGV student was stopped by police because the vehicle he was driving appeared to have the wrong license plate. The paper license plate was registered to the same dealership, but assigned to a different vehicle. Police confiscated the license plate, the vehicle was released and the driver was issued a warning for expired registration and display wrong license plate and a citation for no insurance.

Aug. 23
11:40 p.m.: When a police sergeant stopped a driver because of his vehicle’s defective head lamp, he saw an unopened box of 12 beer bottles on the rear passenger seat. The occupants of the vehicle were both UTRGV students and under age 21. The driver was given a warning for the defective head lamp and both minors were issued a court appearance citation for possession of alcohol by a minor. The alcohol was seized and subsequently disposed of properly. The report was forwarded to the Dean of Students Office.

Aug. 24
1:02 p.m.: A UTRGV officer approached a student, who was sitting inside his black Dodge Ram pickup that reeked of marijuana. The student handed the officer a bag of marijuana. He was arrested and transported to the Edinburg Municipal Jail. The case was referred to the Office of Student’s Rights and Responsibilities.

Aug. 25
3:33 p.m.: A staff member reported hackers overran her university email account and sent several emails to other UTRGV employees. The employee contacted Information Technology (IT), who confirmed she had been hacked. Employees involved were asked to change their passwords and have their computer checked by IT personnel. The case is under investigation.

Aug. 26
2:38 a.m.: A sergeant stopped a driver that ran a red light and smelled the odor of marijuana inside the vehicle. A subsequent search of the vehicle yielded a usable quantity of pot and a fraudulent driver’s license. The driver was booked into the Edinburg Municipal Jail on the charges of misdemeanor of possession of marijuana and tampering with a governmental record.

Aug. 28
8:53 a.m.: While on patrol, a protective service officer saw three men exiting the former Brownsville Art Museum and rapidly leaving the area in a white sedan. He reported the suspicious activity to UTRGV police. Afterward, a university officer spotted the same vehicle speeding and stopped it, but the men exited the vehicle and fled the scene. A U.S. Border Patrol agent later apprehended one of the suspects who was an undocumented immigrant. The Border Patrol issued an immigrant detainer and UTRGV Police charged the suspect with evading arrest.

–Compiled by Megan GonzalezAug. 22