A University of Nevada, Reno employee is under investigation by the attorney general’s office for possible possession of child pornography on his work computer, university spokeswoman Jane Tors said.

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Police Blotter for the week of April 22, 2008

The Reno Police Department released Wednesday an updated description of the suspect in the Brianna Denison murder case.

The new description is based off follow-up interviews detectives conducted, police said. Police said the suspect may have changed his appearance.

A second pair of women’s underwear was recovered at the scene when Brianna Denison’s body was found Feb. 15, Reno police said in a news conference Thursday morning.

North Virginia Street will be closed from 15th to 16th streets and westbound 15th Street will be closed between Virginia Street and Stadium Way Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., university police said.

As stories about school violence grab headlines across the nation, universities are reassessing their safety policies, searching for new ways to get urgent messages to students.

Six state legislatures – Arizona, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and South Carolina – introduced bills this year that would allow people with concealed weapons permits to carry on public school and college campuses, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

After the Northern Illinois University shooting, University of Nevada, Reno students reflect on how they feel about people carrying concealed weapons on campus.

A federal court will arraign Mohamed Kalam Kamaludeen March 14 for his alleged involvement in the stabbing murder of University of Nevada, Reno professor Judy Calder.

February 27
A female driver was arrested for driving under the influence after striking a detour sign on North Sierra Street near College Street.

February 24
Officers responded to a call from Ninth and Lake streets regarding a found duffel bag and women’s clothing in a parking lot. Police took the items for safekeeping.
February 23
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The Reno Police Department and University of Nevada, Reno Police Services are attempting to locate and interview UNR students who attended a house party on the 500 block of College Drive Jan. 19. The party lasted until the early morning hours of Jan. 20. Detectives want to speak to students in reference to the investigation for the abduction and murder of Brianna Denison.

Students who attended the party between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. are encouraged to call RPD Detective Phil Scichilone at 775-334-2188.

Two retired FBI profilers and a former Secret Service psychologist say the man responsible for Brianna Denison’s murder is likely to strike again – and will continue until he is caught.

But to what degree and where he’ll commit his next crime is too hard to tell as the Reno community continues to search for him.

“What may change is where it’s occurring and who the victims are,” said Gregg McCrary, 58, a former FBI profiler who now runs a Fredericksburg, Va., consulting company, Behavioral Criminology International. “Usually they don’t stop by their own volition. They usually have to be stopped by outside law enforcement.”

Denison was found strangled and dead in a south Reno Feb. 15 field nearly a month after she was abducted from a friend’s house. Since her body was found, thousands of people – from close friends and family to strangers and people she met only once – have come out to remember “Bri.”

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