Pitt Police Blotter

Friday, May 16

Someone’s finger was injured in Posvar Hall at 7:39 a.m. A parking… Friday, May 16

Someone’s finger was injured in Posvar Hall at 7:39 a.m. A parking attendant backed a vehicle into a pole in the Y Lot at 4:04 p.m.

Saturday, May 17

Nonaffiliate Michael Wisniewski, of 229 Macbeth Dr., was arrested at 2:49 a.m. for driving under the influence. Officers monitored a protest outside Alumni Hall at 12:13 p.m. No incidents were reported. Nonaffiliate Laston Katongo, of 51 Bates St., received a citation at 4:03 p.m. for defiant trespass in a Bouquet Gardens building. Pitt police assisted city police in controlling a fight on the second floor of The Original Hot Dog Shop at 10:10 p.m. At 11:59 p.m., Malachi Handler, of 151 Chesterfield Rd., and nonaffiliate Janice Griffin, of 113 Chesterfield Rd., were cited for public drunkenness or similar misconduct near the Franklin Complex.

Sunday, May 18

An officer found a stairwell door to the fourth floor of a Bouquet Gardens building open at 2:43 a.m. Police received a report of an entrapment in a freight elevator on the main level of the William Pitt Union at 2:16 p.m. A City of Pittsburgh Rescue Unit freed the person through the escape hatch at 4:19 p.m. A vehicle running a red light at the intersection of Forbes Avenue and Schenley Drive initated a chase at 9:02 p.m. A shift supervisor ended the pursuit at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Devonshire Road. Police recovered a bag from the seventh floor of Alumni Hall at 9:24 p.m. Police discovered that the bag was a theater prop and returned it.

Monday, May 19

Nonaffiliate Natalie Gesmond-Easler, of 303 California Ave., was cited for retail theft at the Book Center at 1:58 p.m. While on a walk-through in Clapp Hall, an officer reported a burning smell in G13 at 8:18 p.m. An engineer discovered that a hot plate had been left on.

Wednesday, May 21

At 4:27 a.m., Officers assisted city police in gathering additional information about the recent armed robberies on Meyran Avenue and Semple Street.