By Harrison Fallon
05/24/13 1:49pm
Adam Bund, a lecturer for the Department of Anthropology, was charged with one count of open lewdness and one count of harassment on Friday, according to his court docket.
By Harrison Fallon
05/20/13 10:46pm
The Philadelphia Police Department released a surveillance camera video Monday of the man believed to be responsible for the murder of campus food cart operator Don Ly.
By Harrison Fallon
05/22/13 10:36pm
Two recent robberies inside the Penn Patrol Zone are examples of a growing national problem of criminals seeking smartphones.
By Harrison Fallon
05/21/13 8:50pm
The biggest reduction in crime against persons in April was in the category of assaults — both simple and aggravated.
By Harrison Fallon
05/15/13 3:44pm
See what incidents occurred in the Penn Patrol Zone between May 3 and May 9.
By Harry Cooperman
05/15/13 11:30am
Kermit Gosnell, an abortion doctor convicted of murdering three babies, was sentenced to life in prison without parole for two of the three murders on Tuesday.
By Harry Cooperman
05/13/13 3:56pm
After nearly two weeks of deliberations, the jury in the trial of Kermit Gosnell has convicted Gosnell of three of the five murder charges against him.
By Harrison Fallon
05/10/13 6:03pm
The string of three robberies began at approximately 8:30 p.m. on the 4500 block of Sansom Street.
By Harry Cooperman
05/10/13 1:06am
Although the jury has yet to return its verdict, the trial of Kermit Gosnell has recently garnered attention from the national media and supporters from both sides of the pro-life, pro-choice divide.
By Harrison Fallon
05/03/13 12:07pm
By Harrison Fallon
04/28/13 12:57pm
According to the Division of Public Safety, a car was driving along Walnut Street when it pulled over between 33rd and 34th streets and subsequently burst into flames.
By Harry Cooperman
04/24/13 12:21am
After court proceedings were called off Monday, the trial of Kermit Gosnell resumed Tuesday with the dismissal of three of the eight murder charges against Gosnell.
By Harry Cooperman
04/24/13 12:10am
As the defense prepares to present its case in the trial of Kermit Gosnell, several students and experts gathered Tuesday night to discuss the implications of the allegations against him.
By Harrison Fallon
04/23/13 11:37pm
Leslie Mosby helped his friend, Karl Sappleton, carjack a car in West Philadelphia just before 3 a.m. on Nov. 21, 2010.
By Harrison Fallon
04/23/13 11:16pm
An automobile struck a female University student at 38th and Spruce streets on Tuesday morning, marking the fifth accident at the intersection this semester.
By Harrison Fallon
04/22/13 8:30pm
The Division of Public Safety made nine arrests in two days last Monday and Tuesday in connection with people selling illegal drugs.
By Harrison Fallon
04/22/13 7:32pm
The killing of University City food truck operator Don Ly remains unsolved.
By Harrison Fallon
04/18/13 2:03pm
Don Ly, a campus food truck operator, was stabbed and killed while on his way to work this morning.
A letter from his son: My father, Don Ly
By Michele Ozer
04/18/13 3:37am
Click the buttons to find out more about the crimes that happened this past week
By Harrison Fallon
04/17/13 12:08am
DPS’s Commendations Ceremony — held in Fagin Hall — let the organization commend officer service, memorialize several individuals and promote members of the department.
By Christian Gilberti
04/15/13 10:57pm
Penn’s student body flung a little safer this year.
By Will Marble
04/15/13 9:31pm
Penalties for illegally possessing firearms may get stiffer in Philadelphia.
By Alex Zimmermann
04/15/13 8:27pm
While 31 students were cited Thursday night of Spring Fling weekend by state police officers, the citations did not continue during the two days of official Fling activities.
By Alex Zimmermann
04/14/13 11:18pm
According to Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush, 31 citations were issued at two off-campus parties on Thursday night by the Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement.
By Harrison Fallon
04/11/13 9:24pm
A new campus presence initiative from the Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement is responsible for an increased presence of undercover officers at this weekend’s Spring Fling.
By Harrison Fallon
04/10/13 9:04pm
Jason Smith, a 37-year-old exterminator from Levittown, Pa., was arrested and formally charged two days after Ketunuti’s murder on Jan. 21 and has been in jail ever since. He is charged with five counts related to her death, including murder, arson and abuse of corpse.
By Christian Gilberti
04/08/13 11:25pm
Three weeks ago a commanding officer for the LCE alerted the Division of Public Safety that Penn was “on their radar screen,” according to Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush.
By Harrison Fallon
04/08/13 7:39pm
Crime against persons was up in March — a month which included 11 assaults and an armed robbery of two Penn students.
By San Le
04/05/13 12:47am
Last night, hundreds of students gathered to fight against domestic and sexual violence by marching across campus, shouting, “Penn unite, take back the night!”
By Will Marble
04/04/13 12:12am
Both men and women will march through campus tonight in solidarity against sexual violence — a scene that would have been hardly imaginable just 20 years ago.
By Harrison Fallon
04/03/13 10:21pm
Four car crashes in five weeks at 38th and Spruce streets intersection mark an uptick in incidents in an intersection found to be one of Penn’s most unsafe in a 2009 report.
By Christian Gilberti
04/02/13 9:23pm
The Division of Public Safety administers maximum measures to ensure the health and safety of students during Spring Fling.
By Harrison Fallon
03/29/13 3:50pm
A two-car accident involving a female School of Veterinary Medicine student occurred at approximately 3:15 p.m.
By Christian Gilberti
03/29/13 12:17am
See what incidents occurred in the patrol zone.
By Harrison Fallon
03/20/13 12:42am
See what incidents occurred in the Penn Patrol Zone between March 8 and 14.
By Harry Cooperman
03/18/13 8:51pm
This morning, a jury began its examination of Kermit Gosnell and what a prosecutor called his “house of horrors” less than a mile from Penn’s campus.
By Christian Gilberti
03/13/13 12:50am
Check out what crimes have occurred in the Penn Patrol Zone between Feb. 21 and March 7.
By Christian Gilberti
03/13/13 12:32am
The month of February has brought nine assaults this month on campus— an increase from the same period in 2012 — but only one of the victims was affiliated with the University. There were 62 thefts from buildings within the Division of Public Safety patrol zone during the first two months of this year — up from 33 during the same period last year — and in January, there were 42 thefts from buildings alone.
By Harrison Fallon
03/11/13 9:48pm
As the outside temperature goes up, crime at Penn typically goes the same direction.
By Christian Gilberti
02/18/13 12:16am
January has seen an increase in the number of thefts from buildings in and around Penn’s campus — but a decrease in more violent crimes like robbery.
By Christian Gilberti
02/05/13 7:20pm
The Penn Communications Operations Center is a conduit that handles 111,000 emergency calls a year and monitors security footage from a total of 123 closed circuit television cameras across campus.
By Christian Gilberti
02/05/13 6:58pm
See what incidents occurred in the Penn Patrol Zone last week.
By Harrison Fallon
01/23/13 11:05pm
Former Penn professor Rafael Robb has been in prison since 2007 for killing his wife, Ellen. He will now not be paroled until at least September 2014, according to the decision released by the parole board on Wednesday.
By Harrison Fallon
01/23/13 9:09pm
Penn and the Perelman School of Medicine both donated $2,500 in reward money for information leading to an arrest and conviction of the killer of Melissa Ketunuti, the Medical School graduate student who was found dead in her home on Monday in what police are treating as a homicide, said Vice President of Public Safety Maureen Rush.
By Harrison Fallon
01/23/13 2:07am
Rafael Robb received a parole decision this past November that would have him released on Jan. 28. However, the parole board decided to reconsider this date after a meeting this past Tuesday.
By Christian Gilberti
01/22/13 10:43am
Melissa Ketunuti, a Perelman School of Medicine graduate student, was found dead in her Center City home on Monday afternoon in what police are treating as a homicide.
By Harrison Fallon
01/18/13 12:26am
Rafael Robb, the former Penn professor who was sentenced to prison in 2008 for killing his wife, Ellen, is set to be released later this month.
By Christian Gilberti
01/16/13 9:21pm
Last year saw a decrease of 7 percent in the total number of crimes committed in and around Penn’s campus.
By Sarah Smith
01/16/13 8:30pm
In a press announcement Wednesday afternoon, Obama outlined proposals to Congress and a series of 23 executive actions to curb gun violence in response to last month’s mass shooting in a Connecticut elementary school.
By Yolanda Chen
01/16/13 1:00am
CommunityCam, launched last month by search engine optimization firm SEER Interactive and online security equipment retailer VideoSurveillance.com, currently has reported 14 cameras on or near campus.
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