Crime
The man convicted of the 2008 kidnapping, rape and murder of Brianna Denison had his appeal for a new trial heard Monday before the Nevada Supreme Court.
James Michael Biela’s lawyers argue that the media frenzy surrounding the case, and not the evidence, swayed the jurors to sentence him to death, according to media reports. They also said linking the Denison case with the sexual assault of two other women in the same trial was unfair to their client.
Tags: appeal, Biela, brianna, Denison, james, trial
Posted in Crime, News
In 14 years at the University of Nevada, Reno, residential life administrator Charles Clement hasn’t seen many incidents like the Thursday night fight at Argenta Hall that resulted in two students being sent to the hospital.
Tags: argenta, charles, clement, cut, cuts, fight, hall, knife, pocket, pocketknife, struggle
Posted in Crime, Inside Campus, News
Campus police sent out a safety alert today after two similar suspicious incidents happened within four days of each other.
Tags: circumstance, circumstances, driver, Female, incident, incidents, isuzu, male, man, Police, rodeo, suspicious, truck, woman
Posted in Breaking News, Crime, News, News CP
University police have responded to 22 sex-related crimes on campus in the past four years, according to a report from the department.
Some, such as the rape of Amanda Collins in the Brian J. Whalen Parking Complex in 2007, were violent. Others were non-forcible, like four counts of males masturbating in public.
Tags: adam, amanda, assault, brianna, collins, Crime, crimes, daigle, Denison, garcia, leah, masturbating, masturbation, public, related, sex, sexual
Posted in Crime, Inside Campus, News
After local TV sports personality JK Metzker was struck and killed by a vehicle in November while crossing North Virginia Street on his way to the University of Nevada, Reno campus, pedestrian safety near the institution became a heated issue. Outcries poured from around UNR.
Tags: 44, aneill, beat, beats, bob, cashell, charlie, Crosswalk, department, fisler, jk, metzker, nevada, pedestrian, Police, Reno, renwick, Safety, todd, university, UNRPD, vehicle, vs, zegeer
Posted in Crime, Homepage Features, News, Student Life
Law enforcement officials will set up a DUI checkpoint near the University of Nevada, Reno Saturday, according to a statement from the Reno Police Department.
Tags: checkpoint, county, department, driving, DUI, dwi, highway, influence, nevada, office, patrol, Police, Reno, RPD, sherriff, sherriff's, stop, traffic, under, university, UNRPD, washoe, while
Posted in Breaking News, Crime, News, News CP
A former University of Nevada, Reno-based independent researcher faces allegations of stealing from her former employer.
Tags: allegations, annette, California, center, charges, institute, jane, judy, medicine, mikovits, molecular, notebooks, peterson, research, researcher, steal, stole, theft, tors, whittemore
Posted in Breaking News, Crime, News, News CP
The groping of two University of Nevada, Reno students since the beginning of summer has concerned the institution’s police services but remains unsolved.
Tags: Ben Felix, Campus Escort, Carol Oswald, Christina Hernadez, grope, groper, groping, Mohammed Rafaqat, Nevada Coalition Against Sexual Violence, Reno Police Department, RPD, Student Cadets, Todd Renwick, University Terrace
Posted in Administration, Crime, Inside Campus, News
Four days after local sports broadcaster JK Metzker was killed while crossing North Virginia Street, the city voted to install a crosswalk at an intersection close to the accident spot.
Tags: aaron, adam, benedetti, bicycle, bike, broadcast, broadcaster, city, commission, council, cross, Crosswalk, crosswalks, death, department, flashing, garcia, genesis, jim, jk, lanes, light, lights, marchon, metzker, miller, ndot, nevada, new, pedestrian, regional, Reno, RTC, ruiz, Safety, Sports, stegmaier, stop, stoplights, transportation, TV, vehicle, vs, Walk, walks
Posted in Breaking News, Crime, News, News CP
JK Metzker’s friends had already reached the university side of North Virginia Street on Saturday when the broadcast journalist stepped into the street. He was about 550 feet away from the nearest crosswalk — far enough that Nevada law didn’t require him to use it — when an intoxicated driver hit him, sending his body down the road. The motorist stopped briefly, then fled, leaving Metzker on the ground.
Tags: 2, accident, bob, bunnell, car, cashell, channel, crash, director, driving, drunk, DUI, family, Football, Hackett, HAWAII, jason, jim, jk, Keith, Mahoney, man, mayor, melissa, metzker, News, newscast, north, pasco, pedestrian, ragsdale, Reno, Safety, sarah, sarman, Sierra, snell, Sports, stegmaier, steve, street, taylor, virginia
Posted in Breaking News, Crime, News, News CP
Efforts made by an Associated Students of the University of Nevada Senate committee to install additional blue light systems on campus have been stopped because of financial issues.
Tags: ASUN, blue, Blue Light, Davidson Mathematics and Science building, Emily Simerly, Fleischmann, Knoxville, phones, Student Cadets, The University of Tennessee, Todd Renwick, Travis Moore, University Affairs, University of Tennessee Police Department, UNRPD
Posted in ASUN, Crime, News, Student Life
A local TV sports director who covered Nevada athletics for 14 years passed away this afternoon after being struck by a vehicle on campus following Saturday’s football game, according to a Reno Police Department statement.
Tags: 2, athletics, ault, Cary, channel, chris, department, director, Football, Groth, HAWAII, jason, jk, joseph, Men's Basketball, metzker, News, Pack, pasco, Police, Reno, rhea, ryan, Sports, Wolf
Posted in Breaking News, Crime, Homepage Features, News, Sports
On Saturday November 11, 2011 at approximately 5:30 p.m., a University of Nevada, Reno employee reported that she was grabbed by an unknown assailant who demanded money in the parking lot south of Lawlor Events Center. The employee broke free from the suspect and fled to Lawlor Events Center. The suspect fled south toward the Brian J. Whalen Parking Complex.
Tags: assault, brian, center, employee, events, garage, lawlor, man, parking, robbery, whalen
Posted in Crime, News, News CP
New legislation prohibiting the use of cell phones while driving could help increase safety for University of Nevada, Reno students, officials said.
Tags: cell, cells, dan, distracted, driving, godinho, legislation, legislative, lopez, maxwell, nevada, phone, phones, renwick, session, smith, state, todd, vince
Posted in Crime, News, Student Life
An increase in the number of bicycles stolen on campus follows a trend of increasing bike thefts at the beginning of the school year, a police official said.
Tags: bicycle, Bicycle Theft, bike, Bike Theft, Fleischmann Agriculture Building, Safety, theft, Todd Renwick, U-Lock, UNRPD
Posted in Crime, Inside Campus, News, Student Life
The Associated Students of the University of Nevada has canceled its bus trip for students to watch the Nevada vs. San Jose State football game due to alcohol violations that arose during a similar bus trip to the Nevada vs. Oregon game last week, according to an ASUN statement released today.
Tags: alcohol, associated, ASUN, blue, bus, crew, drinking, Football, jose, nevada, Pack, ride, rodriguez, San, sandy, Spartans, state, students, trip, university, violation, Wolf
Posted in ASUN, Breaking News, Crime, Football, News, News CP, Sports
It was about 11 p.m. Saturday night when a student in Manzanita Hall called the University of Nevada, Reno Police Department seeking help for her friend, who had begun vomiting and had a blood alcohol concentration level exceeding .127, UNRPD Cmdr. Todd Renwick said.
Tags: BAC, BASICS, campus police, Manzanita Hall, Nye Hall, office of student conduct, Reno Police Department, Saint MAry's Regional Medical Center, Todd Renwick, University of Nevada, UNRPD
Posted in Administration, Crime, Health, News, Residence Halls, Student Life
Medical emergency responders sent one student from Manzanita Hall to St. Mary's Hospital on Saturday with a blood alcohol concentration higher than .127, said Todd Renwick, commander of the University of Nevada, Reno Police Department.
Tags: age, alcohol, BAC, blood, concentration, department, drinking, hall, manzanita, officers, Police, UNRPD
Posted in Breaking News, Crime, Health, News, News CP, Student Life
