Tuesday, 4/8/97
Crimewatch
Theft
The Men’s Gym has been the site of a series of thefts as of
late. In the first incident, a jacket and wallet valued together at
$140 were taken sometime between 8 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. last
Tuesday.
Sometime between 1:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday, a thief
removed a sports bag with contents valued at $175 from the Men’s
Gym locker room. No suspects have been arrested, police
reported.
On Sunday a thief made off with a wallet from the Men’s Gym
basketball court. The wallet, valued at $60, was taken sometime
between 2:50 p.m. and 3:20 p.m.
Sometime during the morning of April 3, a thief stole a yellow
Avitar mountain bike from Schoenberg Hall.
The bike, valued at $700, was taken from the bike rack on the
northwest side of Schoenberg sometime between 10 a.m. and 11
a.m.
Level 1 of Parking Structure 14 was the site of an attempted
grand theft auto last Wednesday. According to police reports, a
thief smashed the car’s steering column and tried to remove the
vehicle sometime between 5:50 a.m. and noon. A damage estimate was
not given.
Last Thursday, a thief removed a stereo from a black 1993 Jeep
Wrangler while it was parked on level 3 of campus Parking Structure
6. The $400 stereo was taken sometime between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Arrest
Last Tuesday, university police arrested a man on charges of
receiving stolen goods. Melvin Johnson was arrested on a felony
warrant issued by the University of Virginia at Richmond.
Police confronted Johnson at Schlicter Hall after being called
by university employees who suspected that Johnson might have been
connected with recent thefts in the area.
After searching Johnson’s car parked just off campus, police
reportedly found a laptop computer reported stolen from Boston
State University, but there was no evidence of UCLA property in his
car.
"He already has two strikes against him and he is facing a
maximum of 11 years for receiving stolen property," said university
police Detective Terry Baker.
Compiled from the UCPD Media Log between April 1 and April 7 by
Scott P. Stimson, Daily Bruin Contributor.