Division of Public Safety explains response to shooting at 40th and Spruce streets
After Tuesday morning’s shooting near 40th and Spruce streets, administrators described their efforts to keep students safe around the time of the incident.
After Tuesday morning’s shooting near 40th and Spruce streets, administrators described their efforts to keep students safe around the time of the incident.
An early-morning shooting near 40th and Spruce streets left a male victim pronounced dead at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania at 1:43 a.m. He was 31 years old.
In addition to these students, 10 other individuals were treated for alcohol-related problems.
Copabanana remains mostly unaffected by the events of last night. It was open for normal business hours on Tuesday. Copabanana owner Brian Phillips said that, while he was not on the premises last night when the shooting occurred, the restaurant has not felt unsafe in the neighborhood.
An early-morning shooting near 40th and Spruce streets left a male victim pronounced dead at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania at 1:43 a.m. He was 31 years old.
In addition to these students, 10 other individuals were treated for alcohol-related problems.
College freshman Anthony Bagtas, facing charges for allegedly burglarizing the Quad in March, is now charged with another burglary on the same day in March and two more burglaries this academic year.
The citations followed a request by the Division of Public Safety for the presence of the BLCE around campus over the weekend.
Dozens of people assembled in Fagin Hall Wednesday evening for the Division of Public Safety’s Spring Commendations Ceremony.
Officers from the Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement will patrol campus this Fling at the request of the Division of Public Safety.
There was one incident of retail theft, one of bike theft and two thefts from building last week.
This March saw record-breaking increases in certain types of crime, according to Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush.A total of 71 property crimes were committed this March, compared to 44 property crimes in March 2013 — an increase of 61 percent.
A hearing for College freshman Anthony Bagtas — the member of the basketball team who is facing charges for one of the eight burglaries that struck the Quad on March 22 — has been postponed.
A Penn student has been arrested for one of the eight burglaries that occurred in the Quadrangle on Saturday.
Practices similar to those employed by the state liquor enforcement police during last year’s Spring Fling weekend have raised legal questions as the division of the state police prepares to make a return to campus for this year’s event.
See what crimes occurred in the Penn Patrol Zone over spring break 2014.
Penn filed a response on Wednesday to a Philadelphia cab driver’s federal lawsuit in which he alleges that four Penn Police officers physically assaulted him.
See what crimes occurred in the Penn Patrol Zone between March 1, 2014 and March 6, 2014.
Frank Stefano, a researcher in the biochemistry department of the School of Dental Medicine, was released from jail on March 6 after his $375,000 bail was posted.
A little-known University policy, which was cited in a recent campus study, states that if a student is hospitalized twice for alcohol or other drug use, the student's parents can be contacted.