Charleston SC Oct 2 2017 Benedict College, a small school in the heart of South Carolina’s capital, has gained notoriety over the past decade as one of the most violent in the country. More than once, it has claimed the top spot on rankings by organizations that sift through FBI data on violent crime, even though […]
QUEENSBURY NY Oct 2 2017 — SUNY Adirondack has postponed a decision on whether to arm its peace officers with stun guns or handguns and install body cameras. Equipping the officers with all three would cost about $59,000 for the initial setup and $21,000 on an annual basis, according to a presentation made Thursday by college […]
SALEM, Va. Sept 27 2017 A local mayor was arrested over the weekend for public intoxication. Salem officials say Mayor Randy Foley was arrested by Roanoke College Campus Safety just before 3 a.m. Saturday and charged. Foley says he was walking home because driving wouldn’t be safe. Foley was celebrating UVA’s win over Boise State. […]
SALISBURY, N.C. Sept 20 2017– Livingstone College officials are investigating a disturbing fight that they said broke out between a campus security guard and one of the college’s students. Channel 9 obtained video of the brawl that took place Monday in a school parking lot. Officials said the student came on campus without the […]
Atlanta GA Sept 18 2017 A fourth-year engineering student at Georgia Tech was fatally shot by police Saturday night. The engineering student from Gwinnett County was fatally shot by a police officer on Georgia Tech’s campus Saturday night. The GBI is investigating the incident in which the student, who has been identified by Georgia Tech […]
Richland PA Sept 6 2017 A Chester County man was jailed Tuesday, accused of fighting with security on the Pitt-Johnstown campus in Richland Township, authorities said. UPJ police charged Alex Joseph Diskin, 19, of Chester Springs, with two counts of disorderly conduct and one count of resisting arrest. According to a criminal complaint, police said […]
Orange County CA Aug 28 2017 For students who have seen the glow of an ambulance outside their dorm window, the reality of excessive drug and alcohol use on college campuses might hit close to home. Although there have been no opioid overdoses on Chapman University campus as of last spring, according to Chief of Public […]
CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina Aug 21 2017 — UNC Police are investigating after a domestic-violence incident left a 5-year-old child dead and two adults with injuries at UNC’S Baity Hill family housing community. The incident happened in a single-family residence Sunday about 12:10 a.m. Police said a knife was used in the attack. The two other […]
LOWELL MA Aug 7 2017 — The UMass Lowell Police Department engaged in a patronage hiring scheme that brought more than a dozen retired New Hampshire officers to Lowell, allowing them to collect pensions in both states, according to a lawsuit filed against university officials. The 2016 suit, which is ongoing, was brought by Timothy McLaughlin […]
Savannah GA July 29 2017 Police departments at two Georgia universities will begin merging this weekend in anticipation of the schools’ January 2018 consolidation. According to WJCL, officials at Armstrong University and Georgia Southern University voted on January 11 to consolidate the two schools. The new university will keep the name Georgia Southern University and will […]