The rippling effects of the current economic recession have surfaced at Penn again, this time to the benefit of summer session enrollment.
Alleged panty thief awaits arraignment Legal proceedings against Diexia Wang, the Wharton senior who allegedly stole female undergarments from Mayer Hall, will continue next week. Wang, 21, is scheduled to be arraigned in Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas on Dec.
Twice in the past seven months, a Penn Police officer has used deadly force against a perpetrator - the only two such occasions in Penn Police history. The situations that led to these incidents - a shooting at Club Wizzards in late November and an April carjacking - reflect a trend of growing violence against police officers, both in Philadelphia and nationwide.
Theft Nov. 25 - A male student reported that at about 1 p.m., an unknown suspect removed a painting from the a building on the 3600 block of Locust Walk. Nov. 25 - A female student reported that at about 5:05 p.m., an unknown suspect removed a computer from a secured room within the Clinical Research Building, located at 415 Curie Blvd.
Wharton junior Jason Myers was arrested Thursday for 10 burglaries committed inside Harnwell College House over Thanksgiving break. Between Nov. 21 and Nov. 26, Myers, then a Harnwell resident, allegedly stole items from 10 different dorm rooms on various floors of the college house.
Penn senior Diexia Wang was arrested at Mayer Hall last week after he allegedly stalked female residents of the dorm and stole their property, including their undergarments.
Police say they have no leads into the investigation of last Monday's sexual assault of a female student in her apartment on the 4000 block of Spruce Street. Philadelphia Police Special Victims Unit Capt. John Darby said detectives are still reviewing surveillance footage of the surrounding area to try to pinpoint a suspect.
A second teenager from a group thought to be responsible for at least six robberies of Drexel students was arrested this past weekend, police officals said. The 16-year-old male was arrested at his home Friday night after victims positively identified him, Philadelphia Police Lt.
Two males unaffiliated with the University were robbed last week, Division of Public Safety officials said. Two male suspects approached the victims at about 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 9 on the 3900 block of Spruce Street and demanded money. The offenders then took the phones of both complainants and fled in an unknown direction.
Theft Nov. 9 - A male employee reported that a laptop was taken at about 3:45 p.m. from an unsecured office at the McNeil Building, located at 3718 Locust Walk. Nov. 9 - A male student reported that at about 5:30 p.m., an unknown suspect removed his bike, secured with a cable lock, from Huntsman Hall, located at 3730 Spruce St.
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