In response to last week’s assault outside Cobb Hall, UCPD is posting an officer on the main quad 20 hours a day.
Topic: Crime
Crime Alert: Three men attack, rob student on quad
The incident occurred Monday evening around 7:50 p.m.
Trustee implicated in Ponzi scheme
Steve G. Stevanovich (A.B. ’85, M.B.A. ’90) was accused in a civil lawsuit last week of allegedly and knowingly contributing $3.2 billion to a Minnesota-based Ponzi scheme. UPDATED with a statement from Stevanovich’s attorney.
Weekly round up for August 6
IRC report comes down on UCPD for its handling of the Dawson arrest and investigation, and Kenneth Polonsky named next BSD dean.
Weekly round-up for July 30
Sunil Kumar, an operations professor at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, will take over as the next dean of the Booth School on January 1, 2011
Weekly round up for July 23
After five decades in the basement of the Chicago Theological Seminary, the Seminary Co-op Bookstore will move next year to McGiffert House on Woodlawn Avenue
Weekly round up for July 16
Talks to resolve a strike that has slowed campus construction will resume next week; slain CPD officer Thor Soderberg was honored at Rockefeller Chapel Thursday morning
Shoplifting trend means Bart Mart, Midway Market close early
The stores will close at midnight through Thursday due to concerns over the safety of store staff, after spike in aggressive, drunken shoplifting.
Robbery – April 11
April 11, 2:18 a.m. — University police caught three men stealing a television set from Wiebolt Hall.
Students publicize demands for University over student arrest
A group of students is advocating for a more precise response to the arrest of fourth-year Mauriece Dawson on the part of the University, which issued a report the group claims did not address systemic problems.
Shooting blanks
Reg report does more to quiet controversy than prevent recurrence
Report on student arrest outlines policy changes
The University apologized over the February arrest of fourth-year Mauriece Dawson and announced a series of policy changes to prevent a similar incident in an announcement Friday.
Arrest uproar prompts forum, answers from admins
Administrators outlined preliminary steps yesterday to remedy percieved racial profiling within the UCPD and to revise Library behavior policy and protocol in how staff ask for ID
Packed forum presses admins on Reg arrest
Concerns over other potential cases of racial profiling dominated proceedings.
Administrators had few specific answers to attendees’ questions, citing three ongoing investigations.
Student arrest forum live blog coverage
The Maroon live blogged the forum, held in response to last week’s A-level arrest.
Admins to discuss A-level arrest today
Students have reacted strongly to the arrest, sending dozens of e-mails to various administrators and listhosts to spread awareness. According to Kim Goff-Crews, the Library Department and UCPD are conducting internal reviews of the incident, and a complaint has been filed with the UCPD over the arrest.
February 24, 10:00 p.m. – Attempted robbery
A 31-year-old pizza delivery driver was approached by an unknown man, who pointed a gun at the driver. When the driver pushed the gun away, it shot through a window of his car.
February 24, 1:00 p.m. – Invasion of privacy
February 24, 1:00 p.m. – A 21-year-old man was in a bathroom stall in the basement of the Reynolds Club when an unknown man stuck an iPhone beneath the stall door and took pictures.
Student arrested in Reg
While UCPD claimed the student was charged because he refused to show officers his identification or leave the library for unruly behavior, witnesses deny that police asked the student for ID or that the student was causing a disturbance.
February 23, 9:37 p.m. – DUI, possession of cannabis, unlawful use of a weapon
UCPD officers stopped a van on 47th Street between Greenwood and Ellis Avenues, and after smelling alcohol, began searching the vehicle. They found a loaded 9mm pistol and a small amount of marijuana.
E-mails in Scrolls case may implicate prof
Raphael Golb, 49, faces 51 criminal charges of identity theft, criminal impersonation, harassment, and unauthorized use of computers. He is the son of Oriental Institute Professor Norman Golb.
Vandals break into Harper weeks after robbers strike Classics quad
UCPD said the Harper break-in was near enough to the other thefts to raise the possibility that they were related: “There’s intense investigation underway.”
Theft
January 26, 6:25 p.m. – A woman walking on Hyde Park Boulevard between Kenwood and Dorchester was approached by an unknown man, who grabbed her laptop bag.
Robbery
January 25, 12:30 a.m. – Five desktop computers and one personal computer were stolen when someone broke in through drywall.
Assault and robbery
» January 18, 1:00 p.m.
A man walking on the 6000 block of Kimbark Avenue was assaulted by two men, who ran away with his phone.
January 12, 10:30 a.m. Robbery
» January 12, 10:30 a.m.
A resident of an apartment on the 5300 block of South Drexel Avenue had a personal computer and video-game console stolen by a man described as black and wearing a dark hoodie.
Robbery, November 25, 7:10 p.m.
A 22-year-old woman walking on 53rd Street and Greenwood Avenue passed four teenage girls, who pushed her to the ground and took her backpack, cellphone, wallet.
Assault, November 30, 3:42 p.m.
Two men struck a 15-year-old boy at 3:42 on November 30, on the 5000 block of Blackstone Avenue.
Assault, November 16, 5:45 p.m.
A man standing on the corner of 55th Street and Cornell Avenue was approached by an unknown man, who punched him in the face. The offender was described as black, with a medium build.
Attempted robbery, November 16, 7:50 p.m.
A woman walking on the 5600 block of Kimbark Avenue was approached by an unknown man who stopped her by brandishing a gun. The assailant grabbed the woman’s purse and ran when a neighbor yelled at him. The suspect fled in a vehicle driven by a second person. The offender was described as black, wearing a black skull cap and a black sweater.
Crime Report 11.03.09
A woman walking on 54th Street and Blackstone Avenue was held up by a man with a handgun who demanded her purse.
Crime Report 10.30.09
Crime in Hyde Park
Man who harassed undergrad arrested for home invasion
An Uptown man was arrested Friday for breaking into a U of C undergraduate’s home last October and attempting to remove the sleeping woman’s underwear, according to police.
Crime Report: October 20, 2009
Two men approached two University students entering an apartment building on South Kenwood Avenue and demanded their possessions at gunpoint. The two victims surrendered their cell phones, credit cards, and wallets. Both suspects were described as black, 18-20 years old, and about 5 foot 7 inches. One of the suspects wore a black hooded sweatshirt; the other wore a red hooded sweatshirt.
Crime Report: 6.2.09
This week’s Hyde Park crime.
Column exaggerates Hyde Park safety
Hyde Park is more dangerous than Maroon statistics imply.
Crime Report: 5.29.09
This week’s Hyde Park crime.
Crime Report: 5.22.09
This week’s Hyde Park crime
Crime Report: 5.19.09
Crime Report: 5.19.09
Alleged University employee charged with Hyde Park robbery
Chicago Police officers arrested an alleged University of Chicago employee early Thursday morning suspected of mugging a young man earlier that night.
Crime Report: 5.15.08
This week’s Hyde Park crime blotters
Crime Report: May 12, 2009
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This week’s Hyde Park crime
Crime Report: 5.5.09
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Crime Report: 5.1.09
This week’s Hyde Park crime blotters
Crime Report: 4.28.09
An update on local crime
Students rally against sexual violence at Take Back the Night
Over 20 students rallied against sexual assault, violence, rape, and sexual inequality Thursday as part of this year’s Take Back the Night demonstration.
Crime Report: 4.24.09
This week’s Hyde Park crime.
Crime Report: April 21, 2009
The latest from this week’s Hyde Park blotters
Crime Report: 4.17.09
This week’s Hyde Park crime blotters