Police Blotter
| Mar. 17, 2008
Click here for an interactive map of Police Blotter for the month of March.
| Mar. 11, 2008
March 8
A university student in Argenta Hall was transported by REMSA for effects of cocaine use.
A female was arrested for an outstanding warrant.
Two university students were arrested at Ninth and North Virginia streets for minor in possession/consumption of alcohol.
A traffic…
| Mar. 4, 2008
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…
| Feb. 26, 2008
Crimes handled by the University of Nevada, Reno Police Department.
| Feb. 20, 2008
A women reported she was sexually battered mid October near 11th Street and Buena Vista Avenue, according to a university police e-mail sent out Wednesday afternoon.
The woman reported the male suspect came from behind her and touched her right breast. The victim screamed, then ran west on 11th Street.
The suspect is described as a white male adult, between 5 feet 6 inches and 5 feet 10 inches tall wearing a black baseball cap and black hooded sweatshirt.
| Feb. 20, 2008
Police are searching for the owner of a pair of panties found at the south Reno field where Brianna Denison’s body was found.
The Reno Police Department determined the thong did not belong to Denison or the two women from the sexual assaults last year. The black thong has caricatures of the Pink Panther’s head and pink hearts.
| Feb. 19, 2008
“Hundreds of blue ribbons cover the campus – tied to fences, poles and trees.
They started appearing late Saturday, hours after police announced that Brianna Denison’s body had been found.
Each ribbon is supposed to represent Denison’s memory, as asked by her family in a statement released Saturday.
| Feb. 19, 2008
February 14
A traffic stop resulted in the arrest of the driver for DUI and possession of marijuana. The driver was also charged with making a left turn from the wrong lane.
An intoxicated male was taken into…
| Feb. 12, 2008
A 24-year-old University of Nevada, Reno student is in the Renown Medical Center with major injuries after being hit by a car Saturday night, Reno police said.
| Feb. 12, 2008
Feburary 5
A university employee reported blood splatter in a men’s restroom in the Getchell Library.
A university employee reported that her vehicle had been taken without permission. The vehicle was later returned to the Jones Visitor Center parking area.
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| Feb. 5, 2008
Volunteer search parties for missing 19-year-old Brianna Denison started last Tuesday. Anyone can go to the command center at Circus Circus Hotel between Fifth and Sixth streets off Sierra Street until Sunday. The search will continue to operate from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
After Sunday, the command center will move to another location that has not been announced, said Lauren Denison, Denison’s aunt. Volunteers can search by foot or distribute ribbons and flyers throughout Reno. Lauren Denison said more than 100 people have volunteered each day, and about 350 showed up to help find her niece Saturday.
| Feb. 5, 2008
Michael Mausbach, a University of Nevada, Reno freshman and chemistry major, died in his sleep Jan. 11 in Las Vegas.The 19 year old’s cause of death is pending toxicology results, the Clark County coroner’s office said.
“Big Mike” is remembered by his friends as laid-back, like the many times he would long board on the eighth floor of Nye Hall where he lived, neighbor Liz Pantner, 18, said.
| Feb. 5, 2008
A report of police activity from Jan. 29, 2008 to Feb. 4, 2008.
| Jan. 29, 2008
To the university community, the disappearance of 19-year-old Brianna Denison is another case to add to the list of crimes affecting the University of Nevada, Reno this year. But while it is causing anxiety among students and community members, police say to keep the crime rise in perspective.
Beginning with the murder of professor Judy Calder last August and the shooting resulting in the death of student Derek Jensen and two others in October, students said this is something they haven’t seen during their time here.
| Jan. 29, 2008
A former University of Nevada, Reno pharmacy director pleaded guilty Thursday to theft charges for buying items like Disney World tickets and an antique doctor’s bag.
John Q. Adams will pay restitution to the state for using its money to buy more than $4,000 worth of goods between May 2004 and June 2005. The charges were dropped from felony to misdemeanor theft.
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