A judge sentenced a former UCLA personal assistant to two years in state prison Wednesday for embezzling about $80,000 from a university bank account. Casandra Carmen Jones, a temporary personal assistant who stole money from a university account for more than a year, pleaded no contest to one count of grand theft of personal property, said Ricardo Santiago, a district attorney spokesperson. Read more...
Crime, News
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March 29, 2:44 pm
Former UCLA employee sentenced to two years in prison for embezzlement
Campus, Crime, News
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March 22, 10:52 am
UCLA Center for Policing Equity to relocate to New York
UCLA’s research center that works with police departments to reduce racial profiling and other issues will relocate to New York following an endowment of $2.5 million. Read more...
Crime, News, Westwood
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March 14, 10:17 pm
Preliminary hearing concludes for men accused of killing UCLA student
Two men accused of killing UCLA student Andrea “Andy” DelVesco in the summer of 2015 will be arraigned a second time after their preliminary hearing concluded Monday. Read more...
Photo: Steve Cron, Eric Marquez’s lawyer, examines evidence alongside deputy district attorney Victor Avila pertaining to Andrea “Andy” DelVesco’s death. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
Crime, News, Westwood
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March 11, 10:39 pm
Witnesses testify about UCLA student’s death at preliminary hearing
Alberto Medina kept glancing over his shoulder at the parents of the UCLA student he is accused of murdering while listening to the student’s friends testify what happened the morning she died. Read more...
Photo: Dmitry Gorin, Alberto Medina’s attorney, questioned a witness’ account of what happened the day Andrea DelVesco was killed last September. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
Crime, News, Westwood
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March 11, 6:48 pm
UCPD looking for two men responsible for robbing student
Police are searching for two men who threatened a UCLA student with a gun and stole from him in Westwood on Tuesday night. The student reported he was walking near Weyburn and Selby avenues east of Westwood Village about 10 p.m. Read more...
Crime, News, Westwood
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March 10, 9:15 pm
Preliminary hearing begins for suspects charged with murder of student
Two men accused of murdering a UCLA student looked on silently at a preliminary hearing Thursday as witnesses testified seeing them outside the apartment complex where Andrea “Andy” DelVesco was found dead Sept. Read more...
Photo: Deputy District Attorney Victor Avila, the prosecutor for the case, questioned witnesses on the charges of murder and burglary. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
Crime, News, Westwood
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March 8, 1:26 pm
UCPD searching for person responsible for stolen property at Sigma Pi
University police are searching for a person who entered a fraternity house Saturday morning and stole a UCLA student’s personal property. The student reported a person entered their bedroom at Sigma Pi fraternity on Landfair Avenue while the student was sleeping between 3 a.m. Read more...