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Crime Logs 10/3 to 10/4

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Main Campus

An incident of criminal mischief occurred on Oct. 3 at 4:09 p.m. on the 1200 block of West Berks Street. The School Code of Conduct handled the incident.

A violation of city ordinance occurred on Oct. 3 at 5 p.m. on the 1500 block of Cecil B. Moore Avenue. An arrest has been made in regards to this incident.

An incident of criminal mischief occurred on Oct. 3 between 11:30 a.m. and 11:10 p.m. on the 1100 block of West Cecil B. Moore Avenue. No arrests have been made at this time.

An incident of underage consumption occurred on Oct. 4 at 12:15 a.m. on the 2000 block of North 15th Street. The School Code of Conduct handled the incident.

A theft occurred on Oct. 4 at 11:30 a.m. on the 1300 block of West Susquehanna Avenue. No arrests have been made at this time.

An incident of harassment occurred on Sept. 29 at 7 p.m. in Hardwick Hall. No arrests have been made at this time.

A bike theft occurred on Oct. 4 between 8:55 a.m. and 2 p.m. on the 1900 block of North Broad Street. No arrests have been made at this time.

A theft from auto occurred between Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. and Oct. 4 at 2:30 p.m. on the 900 block of West Cecil B. Moore Avenue. No arrests have been made at this time.

A theft occurred on Oct. 4 between 3 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. in 1200 Polett Walk. No arrests have been made at this time.

A theft from auto occurred between Sept. 28 at 4 p.m. and Sept. 30 at 5:45 p.m. on the 1900 block of North 13th Street. No arrests have been made at this tie.

A theft occurred on Oct. 4 between 6:20 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. in Geasy Field. No arrests have been made at this time.

An incident of public drunkeness occurred on Oct. 4 at 8:15 p.m. on the 1600 block of North Broad Street. The case was declared exceptionally cleared.

An incident of disorderly conduct occurred on Oct. 4 at 11:30 p.m. on the 1400 block of West Cecil B. Moore Avenue. An arrest has been made in regards to this incident.

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A theft occurred on Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m. on the 1300 block of West Alleghany Avenue. No arrests have been made at this time.

Shooting after youth football game on Cecil B. Moore

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A shooting after a Pee-Wee football game at Columbia Playground has left one non-student in critical condition at Temple University Hospital Saturday evening.

Around 5:20 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5., an altercation arose at the playground on 11th Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue, Acting Executive DIrector of Campus Safety Services Charlie Leone said. A 19-year-old man was shot twice, once in the stomach and once in the buttocks, and was transported to TUH.

Leone said a male and female suspect were observed running into a vehicle last seen driving north on 11th Street.

Leone said police did not have a description on either suspect or the vehicle.

Temple police issued an advisory at 6:12 p.m. warning students to avoid the area.

Students react to attack on cop

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A video posted to Philly.com showing a SEPTA police officer being attacked in the Cecil B. Moore subway station while bystanders watched gained heavy criticism from police officers and officials in the city.

The Temple News spoke with several students around campus asking for their reactions to the video and what they would do in such as situation.

“It’s scary to think that most people aren’t willing to step in and help someone even if they see something going wrong,” Erin Cain a freshman biology major said. “Even though it was a person of authority, clearly you know who was in the right, people still didn’t feel the urge to do anything about it.”

Alex Fern, a freshman actuarial science, was surprised by the actions of the suspect and his ability to overtake a police officer.

“Honestly, the end result was a lot more than what he should have done, the fee isn’t worth all that trouble,” Fern said. “I feel a little unsafe that he wasn’t able to defend himself one hundred percent, I understand there would be instances where he can’t defend himself, but it seemed kind of easy almost for the attacker to take him over.”

As for what she would in the situation, Fern admitted that she didn’t know.

“I’d like to think that I would be one of the people that would help, but me having never been put in that situation I wouldn’t know for sure.  Everyone thinks in that situation someone else would step up.”

Allison Macolino, a sophomore tourism and hospitality management major expressed shock in the crowd’s actions.

“I think it’s crazy how now one helped him.  Everyone just stood there and watched,” Mocolino said. “I can see where people don’t want to get involved, but I don’t really understand why they wouldn’t help the cop.  It didn’t even look like anyone went to go get more help, you don’t have to intervene but you couldn’t go get someone else?”

“It makes it that much more real because it’s where I live and I use that Subway station all the time,” she added.

Crime Logs for 9/30 to 10/2

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Main Campus

A bike theft occurred between Sept. 28 at 7 p.m. and Sept. 30 at 1 a.m. on the 2000 block of North Broad Street. No arrests have been made at this time.

An incident of criminal mischief occurred on Sept.30 at 10:31 a.m. in Mitten Hall. No arrests have been made at this time.

A theft occurred on Sept. 30 between 11 a.m. and 12 p.m. in Paley Library. No arrests have been made at this time.

A bike theft occurred between Sept. 16 at 5 p.m. and Sept. 30 at 3 p.m. on the 1300 block of West Norris Street. No arrests have been made at this time.

A theft from auto occurred between Sept. 29 at 12 p.m. and Sept. 30 at 8 p.m. on the 2000 block of North 10th Street. No arrests have been made at this time.

An incident of criminal mischief occurred between Sept. 29 at 8:30 p.m. and Sept. 30 at 8:30 p.m. on the 2000 block of North 10th Street. No arrests have been made at this time.

A theft occurred on Sept. 30 between 11:30 a.m. and 11:35 p.m. in Annenberg Hall. No arrests have been made at this time.

A retail theft occurred on Oct. 2 at 1:10 a.m. on the 1500 block of West Cecil B. Moore Avenue. An arrest has been made in regards to this incident.

A bike theft occurred between Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. and Oct. 2 at 11:45 p.m. on the 1200 block of West Norris Street. No arrests have been made at this time.

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A theft occurred on Sept. 30 between 12:30 p.m. and 5:25 p.m. in Rock Pavilion. No arrests have been made at this time.

A theft occurred on Oct. 2 between 7:30 a.m. and 4:20 p.m. in Rock Pavilion. No arrests have been made at this time.

Kardon residents evacuated after car fire

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Just after 6 p.m., Wednesday, a car fire broke out in the basement parking area of the Kardon Atlantic Apartments on 10th Street.
An SUV belonging to Temple Facilities Management caught on fire in the basement and residents were evacuated, said Charlie Leone, acting executive director of Campus Safety Services.
Facilities operates several offices on the first floor of the building.
Firefighters controlled the blaze in less than an hour and residents were let back into the building around 7:30 p.m.
Students said they were shocked to see the response to the fire, which brought several fire trucks and filled the area of Berks Street under the SEPTA regional rail tracks with smoke.
“I didn’t come down at first, usually it is just a drill,” said Dave Toomey, a junior business major. “Then a cop came to my door so I came down.”
“I just heard the alarm and waited one minute” Margaret Thompson, a junior piano performance major, said. “It’s a bummer, I want to go home soon.”
Leone said there were no injuries in the incident, and the building did not sustain any damage. However, at least one firefighter on the scene was wheeled away in a stretcher receiving oxygen. He appeared to be alert and calm.

Student Government Meeting held Sept. 30

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Andrew McGinley, manager of Public Affairs and Policy, was the guest speaker at the Sept. 30 TSG general assembly meeting in the student center. In front of an audience of roughly 200, McGinley announced expansions to the Owl Academy program.

Last year, the Owl Academy went to the state capitol in Harrisburg to lobby for university funding.

Now, the Owl Academy will be extended to include experiences in talking to more officials. Monthly sessions with Temple officials and planned meeting times with elected officials are to be created this year with in order to allow Temple students networking opportunities.

This is also aimed at fostering a stronger voice for university funding among state policy makers.

“We’ll lay the groundwork for a great relationship with Harrisburg,” McGinley said.

According to McGinley, they will be posting their information via the TSG social media accounts.

Morgan Jenkins, director of local and community affairs for TSG spoke next. She thanked the people who showed up for Adopt a Block, a series of community service events, on Saturday.

Then Sonia Galiber, vice president of external affairs, spoke about the upcoming Zombie Run on Oct. 13.

Ray Smeriglio, director of communications, spoke last. He exhibited the new TSG website which now includes a directory of staff, complete explanation of the platform and a contact page for clubs allocations.

The open forum and organization announcements were held before the meeting ended.

The open hours for the TSG Office were announced as 12-6 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and 12- 4 p.m. on Fridays.

The chosen candidates for Speaker of the General Assembly and Auditor General will be announced for the next meeting on Oct. 7.

Crime logs for 9/17

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Main Campus

A theft occurred between Sept. 26 at 11:30 p.m. and Sept. 27 at 12:15 p.m. on Geasey Field. No arrests have been made at this time.

An incident of public drunkenness occurred on Sept. 27 at 2 a.m. on the 1400 block of West Norris Street. The incident was handled by The School Code of Conduct.

 An incident of harassment by communication occurred on Sept. 13 at 12 a.m. in 1940 Residence Hall. No arrests have been made at this time.

A theft occurred on Sept. 13 between 12 p.m. and 12:15 p.m. in Speakman Hall. No arrests have been made at this time.

A sexual assault was reported on Sept. 27 at 1:06 p.m. in 1300 Residence Hall. The complainant said the incident occurred in September 2012.  No arrests have been made at this time.

A theft from auto occurred between Sept. 22 at 10 p.m. and Sept. 27 at 8 p.m. on the 1900 block of North 10th Street. No arrests have been made at this time.

An incident of harassment occurred on Sept. 27 at 1:50 p.m. on the 1800 block of North 12th Street. No arrests have been made at this time.

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A theft occurred on Sept. 24 between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. on the 3300 block of North Block Street. No arrests have been made at this time.

North Philly church to build community center with student housing

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The North Philadelphia Seventh Day Adventist Church is renovating an old building adjacent to their property on the 1600 block of West Oxford Street into a community center that will incorporate student housing.

Elder Keith S. Goodman Sr, the church pastor, said the renovation will include an expansion of church offices and new apartments, some of which will be used for student housing.

Goodman declined to comment further on the construction process, costs or an expected due date.

Cop attacked at Cecil B. Moore station while riders watch

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A SEPTA surveillance video posted to Philly.com Monday shows an assault on a SEPTA police officer inside the Cecil B. Moore subway station that occurred on Thursday, Sept. 19, as onlookers watched with no one taking action.

The video, which showed a time stamp of just after 3 p.m., shows a crowd of subway riders entering the train while a cop, identified by Philly.com as Officer Samuel Washington, attempts to stop a man who had allegedly entered the station without paying.

Shortly after the train departs the station, the video shows the man violently struggle with Washington before grabbing hold of the officer and flipping him over, and then under, a bench.

A crowd of onlookers then gathers around the two, with the Washington remaining pinned under the bench for about a minute before he appears to grab hold of his attacker’s face or neck, and pulls himself up to arrest the man.

No one from the crowd gathered to watch the struggle took action to help the officer, and one woman appeared to have stopped a phone call to take a picture or video of the incident.

The video was posted to Philly.com alongside an article by Daily News columnist Helen Ubinas, who refers to the lack of action taken by passersby as the “Philly Shrug.”

Crime Logs 9/17-9/22

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Main Campus

An incident of harassment occurred on Sept. 17 at 10:15 a.m. on the 1800 block of North 12th Street. No arrests have been made at this time.

A theft occurred between Sept. 16 at 8:30 p.m. and Sept. 17 at 8 a.m. in the Student Center. No arrests have been made at this time.

A bike theft occurred on Sept. 17 at 4:45 p.m. on the 1400 block of West Cecil B. Moore Avenue. An arrest has been made in regards to the incident.

A theft occurred on Sept. 17 at 7:25 p.m. on Geasy Track. No arrests have been made at this time.

A theft occurred between 3:30 p.m. and 3:40 p.m. on Sept. 17 in Anderson Hall. No arrests have been made at this time.

A robbery occurred on Sept. 17 at 10:55 p.m. on the 1400 block of West Jefferson Street. An arrest has been made in regards to this incident.

A DUI occurred on Sept. 18 at 1:15 a.m. on the 2000 block of North Broad Street. An arrest has been made in regards to this incident.

A theft occurred between 8:45 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Sept. 18 in Beury Hall. No arrests have been made at this time.

A theft occurred on Sept. 18 at 2:30 p.m. on the 1700 block of North Broad Street. An arrest has been made in regards to this incident.

A bike theft occurred between Sept. 17 at 11 p.m. and Sept. 18 at 3 p.m. on the 1700 block of North 10th Street. No arrests have been made at this time.

A robbery occurred on Sept. 18 at 7:10 p.m. on the 2000 block of North Broad Street. An arrest has been made in regards to this incident.

 A theft occurred on Sept. 18 at 2:30 p.m. on the 1700 block of North Broad Street. An arrest has been made in regards to this incident.

A bike theft occurred between 4 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Sept. 18 on the 900 block of West Berks Street. No arrests have been made at this time.

A robbery occurred on Sept. 18 at 11:21 p.m. on the 1500 block of West Fontain Street. No arrests have been made at this time.

An incident of underage consumption occurred on Sept. 20 at 12:31 a.m. in Johnson Hall. The incident was handled by the School Code of Conduct.

An incident of underage consumption occurred on Sept. 20 at 3:37 a.m. in Morgan Hall. The incident was handled by the School Code of Conduct.

A theft occurred on Sept. 13 at 12:04 a.m. on the 1800 block of North Broad Street. No arrests have been made at this time.

A theft occurred between 5:45 p.m. and 6:45 p.m. on Sept. 20 on the 2000 block of North 10th Street. No arrests have been made at this time.

An incident of criminal mischief occurred on Sept. 20 at 8:50 p.m. on the 1300 block of West Norris Street. An arrest has been made in regards of this incident.

An incident of underage consumption occurred on Sept. 21 at 12:25 a.m. on the 2000 block of North Broad Street. The incident is being handled by the School Code of Conduct.

An incident of public drunkenness occurred on Sept. 21 at 12:30 a.m. on the 1800 block of North 12th Street. The incident is being handled by the School Code of Conduct.

A simple assault occurred on Sept. 21 at 4:20 a.m. on the 2000 block of North Carlisle Street. No arrests have been made at this time.

An incident of disorderly conduct occurred on Sept. 21 at 2:15 a.m. on the 1900 block of North Park Avenue. An arrest has been made in regards to this incident.

An incident of underage consumption occurred on Sept. 21 at 12:15 a.m. on the 1800 block of North 16th Street. An arrest has been made in regards to this incident.

An incident of underage consumption occurred on Sept. 21 at 1:25 a.m. on the 1800 block of North 16th Street. An arrest has been made in regards to this incident.

A theft from auto occurred between 3 p.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Sept. 21 on the 1500 block of West Norris Street. No arrests have been made at this time.

A bike theft occurred between 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. on Sept. 21 on the 1000 block of Diamond Street. No arrests have been made at this time.

An incident of underage consumption occurred on Sept. 22 at 1:50 a.m. in 1300 Residence Hall. This incident is being handled by the Department of the School Code of Conduct.

An incident of underage consumption occurred on Sept. 22 at 1:25 a.m. in the 1600 block of North Broad Street. This incident is being handled by the School Code of Conduct.

An incident of underage consumption occurred on Sept. 22 at 2 a.m. in 1300 Residence Hall. This incident is being handled by the School Code of Conduct.

An incident of underage consumption occurred on Sept. 22 at 4:30 a.m. in 1300 Residence Hall. This incident is being handled by the School Code of Conduct.

A burglary occurred on Sept. 22 at 6:45 a.m. on the 1100 block of West Montgomery Avenue. An arrest has been made in regards to this incident.

An incident of criminal mischief occurred on Sept. 22 at 12:30 a.m. in 1300 Residence Hall. No arrests have been made at this time.

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A theft occurred between Sept. 16 at 2 p.m. and Sept. 19 at 3:30 p.m. on the Rock Pavilion. No arrests have been made at this time.

Ambler Campus

A theft occurred on Sept. 17 at 4:30 p.m. on Ambler College Hall. No arrests have been made at this time.