Police blotter for Aug. 24, 2009 to Sept. 3, 2009

Monday, Aug. 24

9:40 a.m. — Police responded to a call about a theft of computers from a third-floor classroom in Eberly Hall.

4:43 p.m. — Police issued a warrant arrest to non-affiliate Erik Eakin, of 104 Sheffield Court, Allison Park, Pa., for open lewdness.

7:10 p.m. — Police responded to a theft of an unattended bag at the Cathedral of Learning lawn.

Wednesday, Aug. 26

12:40 p.m. — Police summons arrested non-affiliate, Starr V. Lane, of 2112 Bentley Drive, for retail theft from the T-Mobile store on Forbes Avenue.

4:41 p.m. — Pitt police assisted city police with an abandoned bag in front of the Rite Aid on Atwood Street.

5:01 p.m. — Police cited non-affiliate Anthony Davis, of 177 38th St., for defiant trespass.

6:56 p.m. — Police cited non-affiliate Jason Malek, of 626 Mound St., Monongahela, Pa., for not having a vending permit in the Schenley Quadrangle.

10:05 p.m. — Police responded to a false firm alarm in the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house. The alarm was triggered by illegal fireworks, so the fraternity will be sent to the University’s Judicial Board.

Thursday, Aug. 27

6:34 a.m. — Officers observed a known individual passing through Forbes Quad.

Friday, Aug. 28

12:23 a.m. — Police responded to a report of a couch on fire in the 200 block of Meyran Avenue. The city fire department responded, as well.

1:57 a.m. — Police cited students Adam Winton Chandler, of 983 N. 6th St., Philadelphia, and Henok Kiflit, of 27 Linden Square, Wellesley, Mass., for underage drinking in the Litchfield Towers Lobby.

3:35 p.m. — Police received reports of fraudulent charges on a credit card in McCormick Hall.

5:55 p.m. — Police arrested non-affiliate Christina Rose, of 3730 East St., for failure to appear from the county sheriff’s office at O’Hara and Thackeray streets.

6:11 p.m. — Officers warned an aggressive panhandler by Schenley Plaza to leave the area.

6:28 p.m. — Police sent three students to the University’s Judicial Board for possession of a small amount of marijuana in the Frick Fine Arts building.

8:55 p.m. — Police cited non-affiliate Denver E. Cooper III, of 1500 Eben St., for aggressive panhandling near the corner of Craig Street and Forbes Avenue.

10:55 p.m. — Pitt police assisted city police with a robbery in the 200 block of Ophelia Street.

Saturday, Aug. 29

2:13 a.m. — Police arrested non-affiliate Laquaya Raelynn Cotton, of 115 Oakland Court, for simple assault, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct in the 300 block of Atwood Street.

2:44 p.m. — An unknown person put a garbage bag filled with water at the top of the steps of the Pi Kappa Alpha house. The bag fell, flooding the room. An investigation is pending.

12:21 p.m. — Police recovered five wallets and two cell phones and placed them in the recovered property room.

1:44 p.m. — Police received a report that a Pitt shuttle hit a vehicle on Sutherland Drive.

3:23 p.m. — Police asked a person sleeping in a bus shelter on Bigelow Boulevard near the William Pitt Union to leave. The person left.

10:26 p.m. — Police cited student Kevin Robert Fulton, of 747 Harden Drive, for an open container violation in the SS Lot.

Sunday, Aug. 30

12:56 a.m. — Police cited student Anne C Brown, of 4236 Harvard Road, Erie, Pa., for underage drinking in Holland Hall.

1:43 a.m. — Police responded to a report that a student was punched in the face by an unknown person on DeSoto Street in front of the Petersen Events Center.

4:41 p.m. — Police cited non-affiliate Michael Challis, of 490 E. 15th Ave., Columbus, Ohio, for an open container violation in the 100 block of South Bouquet Street.

Wednesday, Sept. 2

10:11 a.m. — Police cited student Andrew Deeley, of 326 N. Neville St., for disorderly conduct and marijuana in the Litchfield Towers Lobby.

12:53 p.m. — Pitt police assisted city police with a shoplifter at the Rite Aid in the 3700 block of Forbes Avenue.

10:44 p.m. — Pitt police assisted city police with two people acting suspiciously in the 700 block of Devonshire Street.

Thursday, Sept. 3

12:55 a.m. — Police arrested non-affiliate Mark Steven Mitchell Jr., of 1211 Duquesne Place, Duquesne, Pa., for assault/domestic violence at Forbes Avenue and Bigelow Boulevard.

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.