Police arrested a man wanted for peeping and prowling several times around UCLA student apartments in Westwood. University police officers arrested the man Friday morning after he asked an acquaintance to store his belongings and buy him an Amtrak ticket to Santa Barbara under a false name. Read more...
Photo: Christopher Mendicino, 47, was arrested by university police Friday morning for allegedly peeping into several UCLA student apartments. (UCPD)
University police have reported a series of burglaries in UCLA student apartments in the North Village since Sunday. The burglaries took place on Kelton Avenue at 2:40 a.m. Read more...
A man with a knife grabbed a UCLA student in the Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden Wednesday evening, university police said. The student was jogging on the northeast side of the sculpture garden, south of Macgowan Hall, about 8:30 p.m. Read more...
This post was updated July 27 at 8:55 p.m. to provide retroactive anonymity to a suspect whose charges were later dismissed. University police are searching for a man wanted for allegedly peeping several times into North Village apartments in recent years, after he failed to appear at a recent court date. Read more...
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A former UCLA associate athletic director pleaded no contest on Monday to a misdemeanor count of possession of child pornography. Michael Sondheimer, 59, was sentenced to three years’ probation, according to a Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office press release. Read more...
This post was updated July 27 2025 at 8:48 p.m. to remove the name of a suspect whose charges were later dismissed. A UCLA alumnus was arrested in the North Village on Sunday for peeping into an apartment, university police said. Read more...
This post was updated on June 14 at 3:10 p.m. A Department of Homeland Security officer fired a shot at pro-Palestinian counter-protesters in a truck during a pro-Israel rally in Westwood early Sunday evening. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Lot 36 was closed down for a few hours on Sunday evening as a Department of Homeland Security officer fired a gun during a pro-Israel protest. (Jose Ubeda/Daily Bruin senior staff)
