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Car-related crimes are reported more often than any others, police records show.

The UPF Lot is where most of the reported crimes have occurred recently. On Friday, April 21 around 4 p.m. a car was keyed while parked in the lot.The following afternoon a car was broken into. Friday, May 19, a radio was stolen from a car after it was broken into.

All three incidents occurred while the cars were parked on the UPF Lot. Records show that of the 22 car-related crimes between April 20 and May 24, seven have occurred in the UPF Lot. CSU has 24 parking facilities. Seven are part of the campus core.

Interim Police Chief Lester Mitchell has said the best way to avoid being a victim of car-related crimes is to remember to lock the doors of your car and to leave valuable items out of sight.

Skateboarding verboten
Skateboarding has become the pastime of some while on the CSU campus. On Sunday evening, April 23, police interrogated seven males for skateboarding on the Rhodes Tower grounds. Three non-CSU individuals were also found skateboarding in front of the Science Building on May 2, around 9 p.m. In both cases authorities warned the skateboarder’s and sent them on their way.

Student robbed
On Tuesday, May 9, at around 5 p.m., a CSU student was robbed in the Law Building. The victim stated that the robber, a non-CSU male had been in the building throughout the day. The robber was aggressively asking students for money while in the building, the victim said. The victim stated that he was about to place a dollar bill in a vending machine on the lower level of the building. The robber stood in front of the doorway and asked him for the money. Campus police apprehended the robber in front of the building.

Air compressor missing
An air compressor, valued at $430, was reported missing from the Art Building on Saturday, May 13. Two CSU employees had moved it to a different location in the Sculpture Studio on Tuesday, May 9,the last time they saw it. One of them reported seeing the studio window open Thursday, May 11. The air compressor was not located after a building search. According to employees, no one in the building had borrowed it.

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