Police Reports

The following are among the incidents reported to University Police between Feb. 19 and 26.

Feb. 20

12:16 p.m.: A student fainted during a weight training class in the Health and Physical Education II building. Hidalgo County Emergency Medical Services transported her to Edinburg Regional Hospital.

1:24 p.m.: A student reported that her $90 bicycle was stolen on Feb. 19 from the Health and Physical Education I building on the Edinburg campus.

4 p.m.: A non-affiliated individual was making a staff member uncomfortable due to his numerous attempts to speak with her during working hours in the UTRGV library on the Brownsville campus. He was located and issued a criminal trespass warning.

7:38 p.m.: A student resident in the Unity Hall dorm on the Edinburg campus inadvertently texted a resident assistant, saying he had marijuana. The student was taken into custody on a charge of possession of marijuana, a class B misdemeanor, and was booked into the Edinburg Police Department jail.

Feb. 21

11:20 a.m.: A staff member reported that her $1,000 tablet computer was stolen between 5 p.m. Feb. 2o and 8 a.m. Feb. 21 from her office in Cortez Hall on the Brownsville campus.

11:21 a.m.: A student reported his $600 cell phone was stolen from a table outside the University library on the Edinburg campus.

1:34 p.m.: A staff member reported that a student broke a table at the University library in Edinburg. The student told the officer that the legs of the table came off. Further review showed that the screws holding the legs to the table top came off.

6:56 p.m.: Two students found a non-affiliated man lying on the grass breathing, but unconscious, near a sidewalk on Ringgold Road on the Brownsville campus. Brownsville Emergency Medical Services transported him to Valley Baptist Medical Center-Brownsville.

Feb. 22

8:11 a.m.: A faculty member reported that she lost two sets of university-issued keys on Feb. 7 or 8 on the Brownsville campus.

10:38 a.m.: A staff member reported losing her UTRGV ID on the Edinburg campus. Afterward, the ID was turned in to University Police.

11:12 a.m.: A student lost his wallet containing personal documents in the Academic Services Building on the Edinburg campus on Feb. 20.

3:20 p.m.: A Texas Southmost College Physical Plant employee reported that he shattered a window of Cortez Hall on the Brownsville campus while using a weed trimmer. The shattered window was replaced with a wooden board. The employee said TSC would replace the shattered window.

3:35 p.m.: A student reported her laptop computer was stolen from an auditorium in the Science Complex on the Edinburg campus.

Feb. 23

10:14 a.m.: A faculty member lost the key to his university office on the Brownsville campus at a local grocery store.

7:06 p.m.: A faculty member reported water coming out of the ceiling into the auditorium in the Science Complex on the Edinburg campus. The water came from an activated shower in a chemistry lab above the auditorium.  University Police is conducting a criminal investigation.

Feb. 24

7:49 a.m.: A gang member with a criminal history was observed walking though parking lot E19 on the Edinburg campus. He was issued a criminal trespass warning for all UTRGV property and escorted off campus.

4:29 p.m.: Information was reported that a student was assaulted by her boyfriend on the Edinburg campus. Contact was made with the student and she said no assault occurred.

Feb. 26

8:37 p.m.: Officers responded to a disturbance at Performing Arts Complex A on the Edinburg campus. A student stated that her ex-boyfriend assaulted her at the scene. The ex-boyfriend left the scene before the officer’s arrival. The ex-boyfriend allegedly physically restrained the student from leaving the location during the incident. The case is under investigation.

–Compiled by Macarena Martinez