Pitt Police Blotter

By Pitt News Staff

Thursday, April 3

– City fire officers responded to a fire drill in Amos Hall at… Thursday, April 3

– City fire officers responded to a fire drill in Amos Hall at 9:13 a.m. because an engineer called in the wrong react number.

– A manager at The Book Center reported at 1:01 p.m. that a known person was changing the price tags on merchandise.

– At 4:40 p.m., an instructor in the Cathedral of Learning reported having an encounter with a student that she perceived as threatening. An investigation is currently pending.

– Police responded to fire alarm activation at the Zau Beta Tau fraternity house at 6:57 p.m. The alarm was set off by a can of spray paint being used in the building. The incident has since been cleared.

Friday, April 4

– At 1:01 a.m., police cited student Stephanie L. Egger, 19, of 217 West Sutherland Hall, for underage drinking.

– Police in Bouquet Gardens issued citations for underage drinking at 1:18 a.m. to Katie Marie Davis, 19, of Greenville, Pa; Brenda Lynn Liszka, 19, of Greenville, Pa.; and Sarah Catherine Helminiak, 20, of Williamsport, Pa.

– At 1:36 a.m., police in Bouquet Gardens arrested nonstudent Pedro Alexie Ugarte of Reading, Pa., for defiant trespass.

– An officer at the 300 block of Oakland Avenue was speaking with an underage drinker at 1:55 a.m. who provided the officer with identification and then fled.

– At 2:33 a.m., police received reports that someone had forced the windows of a building off their hinges and fled. Property management was notified. No location was provided.

– Police issued a citation for underage drinking at 3:57 a.m. to Anne M. Halkias, 19, of 824 East Sutherland Hall.

– At 4:21 a.m., Children’s Hospital police officers reported that someone in Lothrop Hall was throwing objects from their windows.

– Police assisted with the transportation of someone at the School of Law patio to an area hospital at 6:16 a.m.

– Nonstudents Peter R. Jones, of 6 Enfield St., and Roscoe Young, of 818 Clarissa St., were cited for defiant trespass at the Cathedral at 7:44 a.m.

– At 1:27 p.m., police stood on duty during a protest at the Thomas Merton Center.

– At 1:34 p.m., police stood on duty during a demonstration for the Service Employee’s International Union.

Saturday, April 5

– At 1:04 a.m., a city police officer found a Pitt student in a parking garage at 629 Smithfield St. who had possibly overdosed on an unknown substance. The officer said that the student was being transported to Mercy Hospital.

– Police in Bouquet Garden issued citations for underage drinking to Jonathan Miles Finger, 19, of 101 North Dithridge St., and Peter John Berlin, 20, of Columbia, Md., at 1:21 a.m.

– At 2:22 a.m., police in Litchfield Tower A issued citations for underage drinking to Ashley Weir, 18, of 1702 Tower A, and Kenneth Kluczink of 405 McCormick Hall.

– Nonstudent Joshua David Hollobaugh, of Worthington, Pa., was arrested for drunk driving at Forbes Avenue and Bigelow Boulevard at 2:28 a.m.

– A chemical spill was reported in the Biomedical Science Tower at 6:50 p.m. Montefiore security notified the Hazmat team, which cleaned up the spill.

– Police in Tower A issued two citations for underage drinking at 11:29 p.m., one to Robert Schwartz, 18, of 315 Tower A, and another to a juvenile whose name is unknown.

– Police cited four nonstudents for public drunkenness and other related offenses in the Panther Hollow lot at 11:36 p.m. Kenneth F. Daniel of Pittsburgh and Joshua Godlick of Ardmore, Pa., both 18, were cited, along with Brian Frezza, 20, of Yardley, Pa., and Melissa Eliot, 19, of Plainview, N.Y.

Sunday, April 6

– Pitt police assisted city officials with a reported shooting on Bouquet Street. The victim was transported to UPMC Presbyterian for treatment.