University police arrested a man Friday evening after he allegedly looked through a female student’s Courtside residence window, according to a UCPD press release Tuesday. Ivan Andrew Diamond, a 33-year-old Los Angeles resident, was charged with Peeking Into an Inhabited Dwelling and Providing False Identification after being arrested Friday evening, according to the press release. Read more...
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Crime, News, Westwood
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September 4, 12:51 pm
UCPD arrests 2 individuals in connection to recent Westwood burglaries
University police arrested two people Tuesday in connection with several Westwood burglaries. Cierra Marie Bartholomew, 28, and Adrian Givens, 46, were arrested early Tuesday morning and charged with burglary, possession of stolen property, possession of burglary tools and being felons in possession of firearms and ammunition, according to a Thursday press release from the UCPD. Read more...
Photo: UCPD police officers arrested two people in Westwood on Tuesday in connection with several Westwood burglaries.
Campus, Crime, News, UC
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August 29, 12:48 pm
UCLA researcher charged with destroying evidence related to federal investigation
A visiting UCLA researcher was charged with destroying evidence to obstruct an FBI investigation, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday. Guan Lei, a visiting researcher from China who studied mathematics, allegedly destroyed a computer hard drive while he was under an FBI investigation, according to an affidavit written by FBI special agent Timothy Hurt, who investigated Lei beginning in July. Read more...
Photo: A visiting UCLA researcher was charged with destroying evidence, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday.
Crime, News, Westwood
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August 22, 10:47 am
One person is in critical condition after being shot in Westwood on Saturday
This post was updated Aug. 23 at 11:05 a.m. One person is in critical condition after being shot in Westwood on Saturday morning, according to the LAPD. Read more...
Photo: One person is in critical condition after being shot near the corner of Le Conte Avenue and Broxton Avenue on Saturday morning, an LAPD spokesperson said. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
Campus, Crime, News, UC
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August 16, 2:27 pm
New Title IX policies prompt calls on UCLA to protect survivors of sexual violence
This post was updated Sept. 11 at 11:34 p.m. to reflect clarified information in the graphic. Student advocates are calling on UCLA to protect those who have experienced sexual violence in light of May Title IX regulations from the federal government. Read more...
Photo: New Department of Education regulations on Title IX offices strengthen the rights of the accused at the expense of the complainants, student advocates said.
Campus, Crime, News
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August 3, 2:39 pm
Postdoctoral fellow left UCLA following tweeted allegations of sexual harassment
This post was updated Aug. 7 at 4:40 p.m. A postdoctoral fellow left UCLA following multiple accusations of sexual harassment on Twitter. Starting in early June, several Twitter users accused Shaiel Ben-Ephraim, a postdoctoral fellow at the UCLA Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies, of sexual harassment, stating that he sent private messages harassing them, invited underage people for drinks and sent minors unsolicited inappropriate photos. Read more...
Photo: Shaiel Ben-Ephraim, a postdoctoral fellow at the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies, left UCLA following multiple accusations of sexual harassment on Twitter. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Campus, Crime, News, Science & Health
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August 3, 12:59 pm
Former UCLA doctor James Heaps now faces 20 felony sexual misconduct charges
This post was updated to include a clarified maximum potential sentence Aug. 3 at 8:02 p.m. Five former patients filed 17 additional charges of felony sexual misconduct against former UCLA doctor James Heaps at the Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday morning. Prior to the new charges, Heaps faced criminal charges from two former patients for two counts of sexual battery and one count of sexual exploitation by a physician. Heaps was a UCLA Health obstetrician-gynecologist from February 2014 to June 2018 and previously worked part-time at the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center. Read more...
Photo: After 17 additional felony sex crime charges were filed Monday morning, UCLA Health doctor James Heaps is now accused of 20 felony counts of sexual misconduct. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)