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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.

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)

Athletics News, Crime, National, News, Sports

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July 27, 11:28 pm

Former UCLA coach pleads guilty to accepting bribes in college admissions scandal

A former UCLA men’s soccer coach pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit racketeering, according to a press release from the U.S. attorney’s office on Monday. Jorge Salcedo became the sixth former collegiate coach to plead guilty in the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal, in which parents paid bribes to have their children admitted to elite U.S. Read more...

Photo: Former UCLA soccer coach Jorge Salcedo pleaded guilty to accepting bribes from parents to admit two students as soccer recruits, according to a press release Monday. (Liz Ketcham/Daily Bruin senior staff)


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