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Police Reports: 2014-11-07

• Officers were dispatched to the 500 block of Greenwood Ave. at 9 p.m. Nov. 3 after a female student reported that four to five males assaulted her.
The student said she turned the corner from the 1500 block of Fredonia Ave. to Greenwood Ave. when the males threw a tree branch at her back. They then proceeded to tackle her and throw her on the ground.
The males tried taking her backpack but failed and instead settled for taking the student’s cell phone. The males then ran southbound.
Peoria Police Department, Bradley University Police and a K-9 unit searched the area with no results. The female refused medical service.

• Police officers arrived at Williams Hall at 8:50 p.m. Nov. 3 on a harassment call.
A female student reported being followed by four males when one of them walked up to her and grabbed her buttocks.
When she told them to leave, one of the males yelled at her.
The female walked away from the scene.

• Officers were called to the Heuser parking lot at 8:50 p.m. Nov. 3 after five males harassed a female student.
The unknown males attempted to take her phone, but she managed to pull it back.
Then one of the men grabbed her buttocks. When a male staff member saw her being surrounded, he went over and broke them up.
The three police reports above correlate with the safety alert sent by the Bradley University Police Department on Nov. 3.

• Officers were called to Wyckoff Hall at 6:05 p.m. Oct. 30 by residence hall staff for a full room search.
When going through the room, officers found various drug paraphernalia and cannabis belonging to the two males in the room. They also found a bag with five pink pills, which the second male admitted to taking from his brother.
All the equipment and cannabis was confiscated by BUPD for evidence, while the pills, which were determined to be a controlled substance, were taken by the Peoria Police Department.
The second male was issued a ticket for possession of a controlled substance.

• Officers arrived at College Hall at 1:11 a.m. Nov. 1 after a female student called to report another female was passed out and unresponsive.
Officers managed to get a response from the female, in which she admitted to drinking vodka. Police were unable to administer a breathalyzer test because the female vomited.
She was transferred to OSF Hospital.

• Officers were dispatched to the 900 block of Frink Ave. at 12:39 a.m. Nov. 1 after a male student reported another male student dressed as an Indian trying to get into his apartment.
The second male was intoxicated and sitting in the hallway with two unopened Bud Light cans in his pocket when police arrived. The student was convinced that he lived in the apartment even after police confirmed he lived in another building.
The male was charged with disorderly conduct and underage drinking.

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