Over the summer, store managers at American Apparel and Urban Outfitters finally had to worry a bit less about shoplifters.

Read about what crimes occurred in the Penn Patrol Zone between Aug. 29 and Sept. 4, 2014.

Criminology professor Adrian Raine worked with PhD student and 2010 College graduate Jill Portnoy to explore the link between heart rate and criminal behavior.

Total crime dropped 19 percent this August, with 72 crimes reported this summer as opposed to the 89 crimes reported last August.

A 35-year-old researcher at Penn was found shot and killed in his home on Wednesday, the AP reported last night.

Two black males broke into a University of Sciences fraternity house at 42nd and Baltimore streets at gunpoint on Wednesday morning at around 2:30 a.m.

A motorcycle theft and a report of fraud are among crimes that were reported in the Penn Patrol Zone between Aug. 15 and Aug. 21, 2014

Three parties were shut down over the weekend and three students were cited for underage drinking.

The Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement is cracking down on underage drinking at Philadelphia colleges as the fall semester begins, although it is currently unclear whether the BLCE will patrol near Penn during New Student Orientation.

Two men trying to dine and dash without paying at Chilis and an unaffiliated man kicking an affiliated female are among the crimes reported in the Penn Patrol Zone between Aug. 8 and Aug. 14, 2014.

Sixty-five MERT members — all of whom have received professional training in emergency medical assistance — will be on call this Friday in order to assist students who need medical attention

A former Penn Police Officer was charged on Tuesday with having a gun in a federal facility and making false statements to federal law enforcement officers.

An aggravated assault at 36th and Ludlow streets and a robbery on the 4000 block of Walnut Street are among the crimes reported in the Penn Patrol Zone between Aug. 1 and Aug. 7, 2014.

Eight thefts, an assault and a terroristic threat were among the crimes reported in the Penn Patrol Zone between July 25 and July 31.

The son of local Congressman and 1986 Fels graduate Chaka Fattah Sr. (D-Pa.) has been charged with defrauding private banks and the Internal Revenue Service of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Former Penn student and varsity basketball player Anthony Bagtas was charged on June 9 with four burglaries that occurred over Thanksgiving break last fall. He now faces a total of 14 burglary charges and is in custody at a correctional facility.

Last week's crimes included two acts of vandalism, two frauds and an assault. See what other crimes occurred in the Penn Patrol Zone between July 11 and July 17, 2014.