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The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

Pitt police issue crime alert after alleged sexual assault

Pitt police issue crime alert after alleged sexual assault

By Rebecca Johnson, Editor-in-Chief September 17, 2022
Pitt police issued a crime alert Saturday detailing a reported sexual assault in the 200 block of North Dithridge Street in Oakland.
Students moving into Litchfield Towers, the largest cluster of dorms on Pitt's main campus, ahead of the new academic year during August 2022.

Medical emergencies, mac-and-cheese mishaps and elevator rescues: Pitt dorms draw city services, but should the University help fund them?

By Punya Bhasin, Alexandra Ross, Emma Folts, and Charlie Wolfson August 31, 2022
Pittsburgh public safety crews serve addresses regardless of tax status, but some high-call-volume locations — including dorms — don’t generate taxes to support them.
Police Blotter: Feb. 23 - March 3

Police Blotter: Feb. 23 – March 3

By News Editors March 3, 2022
Pitt police reported liquor law violations, criminal mischief and underage drinking citations in this week’s police blotter.
A City police officer faces a line of people.

City police respond to male barricaded inside Oakland Court home

By Betul Tuncer, Assistant News Editor March 2, 2022
City police responded Wednesday to an incident involving a male barricaded inside a home on the 100 block of Oakland Court. Police safely located the male at around 4 p.m., and closed streets have now reopened.
Officers responded to a report of a robbery at the 3700 block of Fifth Avenue shortly after 2:30 a.m. Monday morning.

City police arrest man for alleged robbery, terroristic threats in Oakland

By Natalie Frank, News Editor November 30, 2021
City police on Monday morning arrested a man who allegedly robbed another man near a Citizens Bank ATM on Fifth Avenue.
Police Blotter: March 11-March 17

Police Blotter: March 11-March 17

By News Editors March 18, 2021
Liquor law violations, criminal mischief and more in this week’s police blotter.
Police Blotter: Feb. 11-Feb. 17

Police Blotter: Feb. 11-Feb. 17

By News Editors February 18, 2021
Theft, panhandling and more in this week’s police blotter.
Police Blotter: Nov. 5-Nov. 11

Police Blotter: Nov. 5-Nov. 11

By News Editors November 13, 2020
Underage drinking, criminal mischief and more in this week’s police blotter.
Police Blotter: Oct. 29-Nov. 4

Police Blotter: Oct. 29-Nov. 4

By News Editors November 6, 2020
A verbal domestic, public urination and more in this week’s police blotter.
Police Blotter Oct. 15 - Oct. 21

Police Blotter Oct. 15 – Oct. 21

By News Editors October 22, 2020
Liquor law violations, drug violations and more in this week’s police blotter.
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