Police Reports

The following are among the incidents reported to University Police between March 6 and 19.

March 6

12:33 a.m.: Officers responded to a water leak in the Texas Southmost College Science and Engineering Technology Building in Brownsville. It was determined that an ice machine was the source of the water leak. Two UTRGV offices located on the first floor were affected. Both were cleaned by custodial staff.

6:43 a.m.: A staff member reported hygiene materials and Bluetooth headphones stolen from her locker room in the University Recreation Building on the Edinburg campus. The case is under investigation.

8:47 a.m.: A staff member reported a desktop computer, valued at $877.18, missing after a department inventory was conducted. Several computers were sent to the IT Department for maintenance. Upon return, one computer was missing, with the IT Department having no knowledge of it.

March 7

1:55 p.m.: A student reported that she had not received her financial aid check from Fall 2015 and that it had been cashed by an unknown person. The case is under investigation.

9:52 p.m.: A student accidentally burned his right index finger while soldering in a classroom in Rusteberg Hall on the Brownsville campus. The officer observed light redness on the upper left side of the student’s index finger. The student declined medical assistance.

March 8

1:03 a.m.: A staff member reported that as he secured a set of doors at the Texas Southmost College Garza Gymnasium, the center door mullion came loose and struck his forehead, causing swelling. He declined emergency medical services and completed a UTRGV Health and Safety Injury report.

10:35 a.m.: A student reported being assaulted/forcibly fondled (unwanted breast contact) by another student on Feb. 18 in the Student Union on the Edinburg campus. The case is under investigation.

11:26 a.m.: A student who locked his bicycle to an exterior stairwell in the Village Apartments on the Edinburg campus reported that it was stolen between 9 p.m. March 7 and 9 a.m. March 8.

12:36 p.m.: A staff member reported a UTRGV-owned Wi-Fi hotspot device lost at a meeting in San Benito.

1:24 p.m.: A staff member reported that his vehicle’s window was shattered while it was parked in Lot E6 on the Edinburg campus. Surveillance video confirmed the damage was caused by a rock thrown from a weed trimmer while grounds personnel were working in the area.

March 9

12:44 p.m.: A staff member reported that a university-owned Surface Pro tablet was stolen from an office cabinet in the Education Complex on the Edinburg campus. The tablet was last seen Feb. 17.

March 10

6:15 a.m.: Officers responded to an unknown suspicious man seen outside the women’s dorms in Unity Hall on the Edinburg campus. A Residence Life staff member reported that the same man and another man attempted to enter the dorms through the front entrance around 5 a.m. March 10, but were denied entry.

12:29 p.m.: A UTRGV Parking and Transportation staff member reported the theft of a $494 wheel lock that was placed on a student’s vehicle for unpaid parking fines in Lot E35 on the Edinburg campus. The student later contacted the department and agreed to return the item to University Police.

5:30 p.m.: An officer found two students having consensual sexual relations in a vehicle parked in the corner of Lot B1 on the Brownsville campus. The students were issued a warning citation for disorderly conduct and the UTRGV Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities was notified.

March 12

7:05 p.m.: A student reported that his gaming console and accessories were stolen between 6 a.m. March 8 and 7:05 p.m. March 12 from The Village Apartments on the Edinburg campus. The exterior door to the apartment may have been unlocked. A Clery Act Timely Warning was issued. The case is under investigation.

March 13

4:23 p.m.: A staff member on the Edinburg campus reported losing two university keys at his residence.

March 14

7 p.m.: University Police arrested a man after he allegedly physically assaulted his wife, a UTRGV student, at Performing Arts Complex C on the Edinburg campus. The student reported that her husband arrived on campus and an argument escalated. The man left the scene before the officers arrived. The student had a visible injury and was evaluated by emergency medical personnel. She declined medical services and was provided the “Notice to Adult Victims of Family Violence” information. The suspect was booked into the Edinburg Municipal Jail and issued a criminal trespass warning. The UTRGV office of Institutional Equity was advised of the Violence Against Women Act offense.

March 15

2:57 a.m.: A student reported that she was assaulted while visiting friends in The Village Apartments on the Edinburg campus. A resident of the apartment became upset and began threatening her with a conducted electrical weapon. The weapon never came in contact with the student and she was eventually able to exit the apartment. The case is under investigation.

March 16

10:21 a.m.: A staff member reported losing a key to a university-owned vehicle in the Community Engagement and Student Success Building in Edinburg. The last time the key was used was March 3.

March 17

10:45 a.m.: A staff member reported losing three university keys and one access card on the Brownsville campus. The last time they were used was March 8.

March 19

1:30 a.m.: Two students reported seeing two men writing on the concrete sidewalk in the area of Health Affairs Building West and the North side of the Quad on the Edinburg campus.  The students walked by again about an hour later and the whole area had chalk writings. A work order has been placed to remove the writings.

–Compiled by Macarena Martinez