News in brief: 4.21 Issue
SEXUAL ASSAULT REPORTED IN MORGAN HALL A sexual assault said to have taken place in Morgan Hall in October 2014 was reported to Temple Police Thursday, Executive Director of Campus Safety Services...
View Article$5,000 and quarter pound of marijuana stolen in robbery of student residence
Temple Police responded to a possibly drug-related armed robbery of a student’s apartment on 13th Street between Jefferson and Oxford streets, around 10 p.m. on Wednesday. A student reported that there...
View ArticleStudent critically injured in bike hit-and-run
Temple Police are investigating a hit-and-run involving a 22-year-old female student that occurred at Diamond Street and Park Avenue earlier tonight. Executive Director of Campus Safety Services...
View ArticleStudent identified in last night’s bike hit-and-run
Temple Police confirmed Thursday morning that lacrosse player Rachel Hall was the victim of a hit-and-run that occurred at Diamond Street and Park Avenue around 7 p.m. Wednesday. Police are...
View ArticlePolice searching for several suspects in last night’s robberies
Temple Police responded to an armed robbery of a student at 18th Street and Montgomery Avenue around 11:00 p.m. on Friday. A second robbery of a student’s residence in the 1500 block of 13th Street...
View ArticleArrest made in hit-and-run of lacrosse player
Police arrested an 18-year-old driver Thursday suspected of striking Temple senior and lacrosse goalie Rachel Hall while she was riding her bicycle on Main Campus on April 29. The incident, which...
View ArticleUniversity investigating recent car-for-hire service incidents
Temple Police issued an email earlier tonight notifying students about two recent incidents involving car-for-hire services. Charlie Leone, executive director of Campus Safety Services, confirmed that...
View ArticlePolice investigating robbery near Main Campus last night
Temple Police is investigating an armed robbery of a student that occurred at 15th Street and Susquehanna Avenue last night. Executive Director of Campus Safety Services Charlie Leone said in an email...
View ArticleSeven dead, several more in critical condition at TUH following Amtrak train...
UPDATE: Herbert Cushing, Temple’s chief medical officer, said that as of Thursday afternoon, 11 patients remain at Temple University Hospital, six of whom are in critical condition. Seven people have...
View ArticlePolice investigating armed robbery of student last night
Police are investigating an armed robbery of a student that occurred near Cecil B. Moore Avenue and 16th Street last night. Executive Director of Campus Safety Services Charlie Leone said in an email...
View ArticleMale arrested on Main Campus for alleged domestic assault
UPDATE: Charlie Leone said that police have arrested Shahee Sanders, 19, for Tuesday’s incident. According to court records, he has been charged with resisting arrest and disorderly conduct, and has a...
View Article2 students robbed on North 18th Street
Police are investigating an armed robbery of two female students that occurred at around 9:55 last night. Executive Director of Campus Safety Services Charlie Leone said that the two female students...
View ArticleRoberts waives preliminary hearing
Rashan Roberts, the 18-year-old arrested for his involvement in the hit-and-run of Temple senior lacrosse player Rachel Hall last month, waived his preliminary hearing today at the Criminal Justice...
View ArticlePolice investigating stabbing northwest of Main Campus
A man is in stable condition at Temple University Hospital after he was stabbed near the corner of 18th Street and Susquehanna Avenue, police said. Executive Director of Campus Safety Services Charlie...
View ArticleWoman attacked with screwdriver near Health Sciences Campus
A 33-year-old woman not affiliated with Temple University was attacked by another woman wielding a screwdriver on Thursday afternoon at around 4:10 p.m. on the 3300 block of N. 13th St. by the Health...
View ArticlePolice investigating armed robbery on Carlisle Street
Temple Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred early Wednesday morning on the 2000 block of Carlisle Street. Executive Director of Campus Safety Services Charlie Leone said that at...
View ArticlePolice investigating armed robbery at T-Mobile store
Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at the T-Mobile store at 1600 N. Broad Street at around 8:25 Monday morning. Executive Director of Campus Safety Services Charlie Leone said...
View ArticleCosby admitted in 2005 to giving drugs to women for sex
Court documents have been released that indicate Bill Cosby gave Quaaludes to women he intended to have sex with, the Associated Press reported. Cosby testified in 2005 that he got the drugs and was...
View ArticleWoman shot after leaving bar near Main Campus
Police are investigating a shooting that occurred at 17th Street and Susquehanna Avenue last night that resulted in one woman being sent to Temple University Hospital. Executive Director of Campus...
View ArticleBank robber steals $12,000 near School of Dentistry
Police responded to an armed robbery at the PNC Bank Westmoreland Branch on Broad St. across from the School of Dentistry on Wednesday afternoon. Executive Director of Campus Safety Services Charlie...
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