Pitt Police Blotter: 3/18/14 – 3/19/14

Tuesday, March 18

12:51 a.m. — Police responded to a report of a smell of marijuana in Litchfield Tower C. Upon arrival, officers confiscated a smoking device and the item was placed in an evidence locker. Two students were referred for judicial action. 

11:17 a.m. — Police responded to a report of a fire extinguisher that was activated without cause in Ruskin Hall. An investigation is pending. 

1:54 p.m. — Police responded to a report from an individual who said that some exit signs were damaged on several floors of Litchfield Tower B. An investigation is pending. 

2:30 p.m. — Pitt police assisted city police with an assault that occurred over the weekend at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic. 

3:24 p.m. — Police issued two citations for public drunkenness and disorderly conduct to a non-affiliate.

Wednesday, March 19 

12:44 a.m. — Police made one physical arrest of a non-affiliate for defiant trespass in Litchfield Towers Lobby. 

3:08 a.m. — Police issued a citation to a student for marijuana possession and disorderly conduct in Litchfield Tower C.

10:37 a.m. — Police assisted UPMC Security with a burglary in the Biomedical Science Tower.

11:54 a.m. — A campus security authority reported the following sex offenses to the Pitt police:

1. A victim reported she had been intoxicated and was sexually assaulted in the room of the alleged assailant on March 2, 2013, in Lothrop Hall.

2. A victim reported she drank too much and went to a friend’s apartment before being sexually assaulted in an off-campus location on Feb. 24, 2014. The victim did not believe she consented to intercourse. 

Both victims did not contact Pitt police or file a report, and the incidents were cleared.

12:53 p.m. — Pitt police assisted city police with an individual who filed for a protection from abuse order in McCormick Hall.

3:31 p.m. — Pitt police assisted city police with an investigation in the Public Safety Building. An investigation is pending. 

6:02 p.m. — Police responded to an individual who reported the theft of their backpack and all of its contents in Benedum Hall. An investigation is pending.

7:08 p.m. — Police responded to an individual who reported that their vehicle was broken into and items were stolen near Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall. An investigation is pending. 

8:59 p.m. — Police arrested a non-affiliate for defiant trespass and disorderly conduct in Hillman Library.

11:47 p.m. — Pitt police assisted UPMC Security with two individuals who were having a verbal argument in Magee-Womens Hospital.