POLICE BEAT

1. April 19, 2007 - Information (Building Z) - A dorm resident's ex-girlfriend called the University Police Department and said the resident may have guns in his dorm room. She said she had seen guns in his room before and he liked to hide them in his guitar case. She said he also owned knives and batons. She wished to remain anonymous because she has a restraining order against the resident. UPD officers checked the room and the resident's vehicle and found no weapons in either place.

2. April 20, 2007 - Sick person (Building Y) - Officers were dispatched to Osprey Landing in reference to a sick person who said after he ate two chili dogs from Chartwells he began vomiting. Fire rescue responded and the student was transported to Baptist Beach Hospital.

3. April 22, 2007 - Harassing calls (Building 41) - A female student reported that she was receiving phone calls and text messages from a male student who wanted to develop a relationship with her. Despite repeated requests from the female student for him to stop, the male continued. The female student said she planned to contact her phone company to put a block on the number.

4. April 25, 2007 - Possession and warrant (Building 910) - A UPD officer conducting a check of Osprey Cove encountered an intoxicated man near the housing maintenance office. Before transporting the man to a detoxification center, the officer searched him and found marijuana. The man said, "I should have brought my gun." A check on the suspect revealed he had an outstanding warrant for domestic battery and he was arrested.

5. April 27, 2007 - Information (Building S) - UPD officers conducted a welfare check on a juvenile male, who was visiting a female dorm resident in the Crossings, after the university received a call from his mother stating he might try to kill himself with a box cutter. Officers contacted the male, checked him and the room and did not find a box cutter or injuries on the male. The juvenile went home with his mother.

6. April 27, 2007 - Information (Building. 41) - A female student reported that as she had approached her car in the Fine Arts Center garage, a man grabbed her and held her down between two cars, saying he didn't want to shoot or hurt her. The student said she thought the man had a weapon in his pocket and screamed, after which a car pulled up that the man jumped into and drove away in. The student then went in and took an exam and contacted UPD afterward. After interviewing the student, officers said she admitted to making up the story because she was having problems with her boyfriend and at home.

7. April 29, 2007 - Fire alarm (Building 26) - Two males were detained after officers saw them running toward their car by a building where a fire alarm had just gone off. After speaking with the men, it was discovered they had attended a fight event in the Arena earlier in the evening and decided they were too drunk to drive, so they stayed in the parking lot. While using the restroom in building 26, one of the men grabbed a fire extinguisher and sprayed the entrance, which set off the fire alarm. Both men were removed from campus.

8. May 3, 2007 - Found property(Building R)

9. May 8, 2007 - Information (No specific location) - UPD was notified after a female student's mother sent an e-mail to UNF President John Delaney stating concern that threats against her daughter were being made on Facebook by a group of students. UPD officers reviewed some of the messages on Facebook and did not see any direct threats to the student. The student involved said she didn't know if the threats were being made against her. She was advised to contact the police if she didn't receive any threats.

10. May 18, 2007 - Worthless checks (Lot 17 ) - A female student and a male were found by officers sitting in their car in a deserted parking lot. When asked what they were doing the pair replied they had been talking. The officer advised the pair to find a better lit place to talk and ran a check on both of them. The female student was found to have an order for worthless checks and was placed under arrest

11. May 22, 2007 - Fire (Lot 13)

12. May 26, 2007 - Possession under 21, under the influence (Lot 16) - An officer noticed a car weaving, stopping and failing to signal near the Crossings. The car entered a parking lot and the driver got out and switched seats with a passenger. The new driver was unable to drive the car correctly because it was a manual transmission, and switched seats with the original driver, who began weaving again. The original driver was underage and said he "had some drinks at the Globe but was not admitting to drinking," and that he knew his license was suspended. An open bottle of alcohol was found in the backseat of the car. The driver refused to perform a field sobriety test and was arrested.

13. May 27, 2007 - Discharge of weapon (Lot 16) - While on patrol, an officer heard three gunshots near the University Center. While checking on the shots, he was informed by an off-duty Jacksonville Sheriff's Office sergeant who was attending a graduation party in the University Center that he witnessed a male fire three shots in the air and then jump into a car and leave. The officer found three Winchester .45 auto shell casings in the parking lot.

Compiled by Emily Bruce