March 22
7:42 p.m.: Officers were dispatched to the Student Union on the Brownsville campus to meet with a student who reported an unknown individual in an older model black Chevrolet Suburban who displayed a black handgun while she was driving off campus in the area of East Polk near East 21st St. in Brownsville. He sat in the front passenger seat and pointed a handgun upward in the air and laughed. She drove away from the area and the suspect did not follow. The Brownsville Police Department is investigating the incident.
9:43 p.m.: An officer was dispatched to an active fire alarm at the University Recreation Center on the Edinburg campus where smoke was seen in the women’s locker room. The smoke was caused by a floor fan that overheated and began to emit smoke. The Edinburg Fire Department arrived and later deemed the building safe for re-entry.
March 23
2:30 p.m.: A staff member at the Unity Hall dormitory on the Edinburg campus reported damage to two dry erase boards in a study room. The damage was described as scratch and etching markings. The case is under investigation.
9:45 p.m.: A staff member on the Edinburg campus reported that a student did not show up to class to take a major exam. He stated the student’s cellphone was off and was nowhere to be found. Officers located the student who admitted himself to Doctors Hospital at Renaissance Behavioral Center due to being stressed about his grades. The Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities has been notified.
March 24
8:14 a.m.: An officer made contact with a suspicious vehicle parked in the fire lane in the area of the library service drive on the Edinburg campus. The officer observed a subject asleep in the driver’s seat. A records check on the non-affiliated driver revealed an outstanding warrant from the Texas Board of Pardon and Paroles for violation-dangerous drug. After the confirmation of the warrant, the suspect was arrested and searched. Two small clear plastic bags with a white powdery substance were found inside the suspect’s socks. The substance field tested positive for cocaine. He was transported and jailed in the Edinburg Municipal Jail. The vehicle was inventoried and towed from the scene. An extradition hold was placed at the Hidalgo County Jail for the parole violation.
8:34 a.m.: Officers were dispatched to the crosswalk on West University Boulevard between the Main Building and Lot B1 on the Brownsville campus in reference to a City of Matamoros and City of Brownsville sponsored event where aluminum trusses fell over and injured multiple people in the roadway. Five runners were treated at the scene, but declined to be transported to the hospital. The other five injured runners were transported to two hospitals with lacerations to the head and other injuries. An officer went to both hospitals and made contact with the Brownsville Police Department and family members of the injured runners. The officer was informed that all injured parties were in stable condition, but their injures were still being evaluated. A follow-up at the hospitals revealed four individuals had been treated and released, and one individual was admitted for further evaluation.
11:24 a.m.: An officer was dispatched to the Liberal Arts Building North on the Edinburg campus to a reported water leak on the third floor. A water faucet was left on inside a custodial closet causing water to overflow into the hallway and several faculty offices. Facilities Services staff members later arrived and began cleanup.
2:45 p.m.: A student reported his wallet containing U.S. currency was stolen from a bench while playing basketball at the University Recreation Center on the Edinburg campus. The case is under investigation.
–Compiled by Britney Valdez
