Pitt Police Blotter

Friday, Oct. 9

7:17 a.m. – An engineer accidentally tripped the fire alarm in the LIS Building.

8:57 a.m. – Police responded to a motor vehicle that hit and damaged bollards at the Cathedral of Learning.

1:24 p.m. – Police responded to a report that someone tried to use a counterfeit $50 bill at Rue 21.

5:18 p.m. – An employee leaving work for the day accidentally activated the burglar alarm in the Hillman Library Annex.

8:36 p.m. — Police cited student Lenin Dwain Rodriguez Spears, of 1817 Colony Drive, Wyomissing, Pa., for disorderly conduct and marijuana possession in Brackenridge Hall.

10:33 p.m. – Police responded to the theft of clothing from the laundry room in Lothrop Hall. An investigation is pending.

Saturday, Oct. 10

12:11 a.m. – Police cited student Cameron Hassanzadeh, of 402 Locust Lane, Danville, Pa., for an open container violation in the 300 block of Atwood Street.

12:16 a.m. – Police cited student Michael John McVeigh, of 1052 Huntingdon Road, Abington, Pa., for underage drinking in the lobby of Lothrop Hall.

1:37 a.m. – An officer checked construction near the Mascaro Center on University Drive after a mailbox was found knocked over. Nothing else was damaged and the area was secured.

10:47 a.m. – Pitt police assisted another police department with a report that a Pitt shuttle might have hit a parked vehicle in the 200 block of Craig Street. Officers cleared the incident.

11:55 p.m. – Police cited non-affiliate Jonathan Bissell, of 110 Temona Drive, for an open container violation at Oakland Avenue and Sennott Street.

Sunday, Oct. 11

12:04 a.m. – Police cited student Jamie M. Slebonick, of 965 Ruby Ave., Vero Beach, Fla., for an open container violation near Bouquet Gardens Building A.

12:18 a.m. – Police cited student Jaron Frank Paul, of 419 Selma St., for underage drinking in the third floor lounge of Litchfield Tower C.

12:33 a.m. – Police cited non-affiliate William Heuer III, of 45 Chapel Woods West, Williamsville, N.Y., for disorderly conduct at the intersection of Atwood and Louisa streets.

1:45 a.m. – Police cited a juvenile for disorderly conduct near Bouquet Gardens Building F.

1:53 a.m. – Police cited student Simone Michele Cheatham, of 4461 N. Kitley Ave., Indianapolis, Ind., for public drunkenness at Lothrop Hall.

4:04 a.m. – Police recovered a parking meter from the Schenley Quadrangle.

4:51 a.m. – Police responded to a report of four people skateboarding in the rear of the Cathedral of Learning near a construction area.

Monday, Oct. 12

12:47 a.m. – Police responded to a report that someone was punched in the face by a known person at the Sigma Chi fraternity house. An investigation is pending.

1:30 a.m. – Police received a report that a student tried to sign in people with IDs that did not belong to them.

Tuesday, Oct. 13

5:21 p.m. – Police responded to a report of the theft of cash and a bank card from a secured locker in the men’s locker room in the Petersen Events Center. An investigation is pending.

5:38 p.m. – A Sodexo manager told police money was missing from a safe in Posvar Hall. An investigation is pending.

8:32 p.m. – Police responded to a false fire alarm activation in Ruskin Hall. A burnt muffin triggered the alarm.

8:43 p.m. – Police arrested non-affiliate Oliver Jackson, of 5443 Jackson St., for loitering and prowling at night in the 3400 block of Dawson Street.

11:11 p.m. – Police responded to a robbery without weapons in front of the Wyndham Hotel in the 200 block of McKee Place. Two 200-pound, about 5-foot-10-inch white men in their 20s and a white woman in her 20s left in a pick-up truck. An investigation is pending.

The information in this article comes directly from an official log released by the Pitt Police. The log does not contain the names of crime victims. The Pitt News does no additional reporting in the police blotter.