Crime report: Theft by taking, harassment of communication, criminal violation

The Emory Wheel meets regularly with the Records Manager of Emory Police Department (EPD), Ed Shoemaker (87g, 90g), and the communication director of Campus Safety Morieka Johnson (94c, 24l) and uses the public of EPD from EPD Crime protocol Information from the Emory University Community about the recent crime on and around Emory Campus.

To report a crime, contact EPD under 404-727-6111 or poly@emory.edu.

Theft by taking the ridge

A student who lived on Ridge contacted the EPD in Emory Housing Complex for doctoral students on April 16 shortly before 10:30 p.m. to report a missing couple of Apple Airpods.

The resident said she had brought her airpods to the community center, which is on the ground of one of the buildings on the ridge. The last time she saw her Airpods there, she was on April 15 at 9:00 p.m. that she was not sure why she left her there.

On April 16, the resident found that the Airpods were missing when they used a tracking feature and found that they were elsewhere in Atlanta. Then she gave EPD information about the location.

EPD referred the case to the investigators to track.

Shoemaker warned the people not to go to the place of their lack of object themselves.

“You may have the location because of the tracking function, but it is usually not a good idea to go personally and try to challenge your property,” said Shoemaker. “In this way you can go into many bad situations.”

Nasting communication, stalking in the Clairmont Tower

A student in the Clairmont Tower contacted EPD on April 17 at 10:00 a.m. when she and her boyfriend received impending communication.

The student explained to the EPD that her friend, who is not connected to Emory, had previously taken legal action against a third party that is also not connected to Emory, about alleged stolen computer parts last year. Shoemaker said this caused the third, which meant that he sent the student and her boyfriend harassed communication.

The third threatened to go to the friend's former residence or the house of his mother, and threatened to harm the friend of the friend. The student said EPD that the third on the Atlanta campus was after her friend.

The student said that this communication would occasionally come, but that they have become more common in the past two months. On April 17, around 1:00 a.m., the third sent the friend several texts and telephone calls, in which the third party referred the student to the student on campus.

The student made it clear that she had no direct contact with the third party who sent the news and that all messages were sent to her boyfriend.

On April 17th at 11:45 a.m., the student called the EPD again and reported that the third sent a photo of what the student said to be outside the Clairont Tower where she lived. EPD then tried to locate the individual, but could not do so. However, the EPD knows where the third lives and how it appears physically. Shoemaker said that EPD is approaching this situation to maximize the security of the student.

Criminal violation in the Hugh F. MacMillan Law Library

On April 21, EPD received a call from a supervisor of adhesion services in the Hugh F. MacMillan Law Library from Emory. The supervisor was in the building when he experienced an individual attempt to enter card access.

When the EPD arrived, the supervisor pointed to the person who went away. EPD then stopped and identified the person who said he tried to get into the building to use the bathroom. An EPD officer found that the man had difficulty having difficulties in his conversation because he had to ask the same question several times to get a coherent answer.

An EPD officer who was not on site contacted the officers who were there to tell them that the EPD had warned the person to leave property earlier a day. EPD then confirmed his identity and gave him a written warning for criminal violations. The man stated that he understood the warning and left property. A criminal transaction warning limits someone to return to Emory, except for medical emergency treatment.

On April 22nd at 1:15 a.m., EPD responded to a call from the University Inn in Emory, a motel opposite the Emory School of Law. The DEKALB County Police (DCP) contacted EPD to receive support. When EPD arrived in the motel, they found that the DCP had received a call for an individual roam outside the university and unveiled itself.

The EPD identified the person as the same person who used to issue a criminal transition warning a day. EPD had no charges that was imposed on the individual and instructed him to leave Emory property. DCP then arrested the man.