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Hurricane Sandy
Dear University of Maryland Community, Hurricane Sandy is expected to begin affecting UMD College Park on Monday. The campus administration is working together to ensure the safety of students, faculty and staff and to mitigate the impact of the storm. Please view Provost Rankin's message to the University Community at http://www.umd.edu/hot-topics.cfm?topic=19041. Please consider the following tips and precautions:
Quick Arrest in Attempted Off-Campus Theft
On October 19, 2012 at 8:30 p.m. a 34 year old male non-student was approached by two males on Lehigh Road near Sterling Place. One of the males placed his hand on the victim's shoulder and demanded property. The victim fled and flagged down a Student Police Aide who was on Knox Road near Sterling Place. University of Maryland Police officers responded and located the suspects near Montgomery Hall. One of the suspects fled and was apprehended after a short foot pursuit to Hartwick Road. The other was released without charges. Arrested and charged with 2nd degree assault, and obstructing/hindering was James Holloman Jr., 19, of Waldorf. The victim was not injured and no weapons were used at any time during the incident. For additional information contact our Media Relations Office at 301-405-9960. ###
Quick Arrest in the 10/17/12 Cell Phone Snatching in Lot 1D
Arrest Update - October 17, 2012: As a result of their investigation, University Police detectives identified an address in Hyattsville as the possible location of the phone taken from a UMD student in this afternoon's phone snatching incident in Lot 1D. Their continued investigation at the Hyattsville address led to the arrest of a 15 year old juvenile male for the crime. Several items were recovered linking the juvenile to the crime The juvenile was later released into the custody of his mother. Additional information, when available, will be posted here. INCIDENT: Robbery by Force (Snatching) OCCURRED: October 17, 2012 1:45 p.m. REPORTED: October 17, 2012 1:52 p.m. LOCATION: Parking Lot 1D UMDPS CASE #: 2012-55933 BRIEF DETAILS:
Arrest Update to 10/10/12 Off Campus Robbery
Update - 10/14/12 The Prince George's County Police District 1 Robbery Suppression Team has made an arrest in these cases. Investigators have arrested and charged a juvenile male for the offense. A black bb gun was recovered along with the victim's cell phone. For further information, please view http://pgpolice.blogspot.com/2012/10/pgpd-arrests-suspect-in-college-park.html. Update - 10/11/12 An attempted armed robbery, also occuring to the rear of the University View, was reported to PGPD. This occurred at approximately 10:30 p.m., just prior to the below incident. PGPD is investigating. On October 10, 2012, the University of Maryland Police Department was notified of an incident that that occurred near the UM campus. The Prince George’s County Police responded to investigate. Below is a brief synopsis of the incident.
Criminal Charges Filed In September Theft
CRIMINAL CHARGES FILED IN SEPTEMBER THEFT College Park, MD – On October 3, 2012 University of Maryland Police investigators applied for and received criminal charges against Michael Charles Manley Jr., 25, of Gambrills, Maryland for his involvement in a theft at the University of Maryland book store in the Adele H. Stamp Student Union on September 12 and September 17, 2012. Manley is charged with theft: $1,000 to under $10,000 and theft: less than $1000. Manley stole and attempted to steal multiple textbooks from the University Book Store.
Annual Security Report published
University of Maryland Department of Public Safety Media Relations Office Building 003, Rossborough Lane, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 Phone 301-405-5726 / Fax 301-314-9549 October 1, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE University of Maryland Department of Public Safety Publishes 2012 Annual Security Report