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- At 1:59 p.m. on March 24, BUPD responded to three gunshots fired at a residence on North Sheridan Road near Columbia Terrace with the Peoria Police Department (PPD). Upon arrival, a 16-year-old with a gunshot wound was seated on the porch of the house and pointed officers in the direction of the suspect who shot them. The victim was transported to St. Francis Medical Center where they were treated for their injuries. After a short search, BUPD assisted PPD in apprehending the suspect, another 16-year-old juvenile. The suspect was questioned at the PPD station before being transported to the Peoria Juvenile Detention Facility. The suspect faces charges of aggravated battery with a firearm and possession of a weapon under 21 years of age.
- On March 21, Harper Hall residence staff confiscated drug paraphernalia in three incidents. Around 1:45 p.m., a resident advisor smelled tobacco in the fifth floor hallway and knocked on a resident’s door and asked if they were smoking. The resident admitted to smoking a cigar in their room, which they handed over to the RA. Around 3:30 p.m., a different RA observed a resident smoking cannabis with a pipe in the seventh floor hallway, confronted the resident and made them hand over the pipe. Later that evening, RAs confiscated more marijuana from the resident who was smoking in the hallway. The confiscated paraphernalia was turned over to BUPD and both residents have been referred to the Office of Residential Living and Student Conduct.
- At 11:10 p.m. on March 22, a Harper-Wyckoff resident advisor smelled cannabis as a resident walked past the lobby office. The RA followed the student to their room and asked if they had any cannabis or paraphernalia to turn over. The resident complied and a “marijuana cigarette” was confiscated. It was collected by BUPD and tested positive for cannabis. The student has been referred to the Office of Residential Living and Student Conduct.
- Around 10:48 a.m. on March 23, a Bradley custodian turned in what appeared to be a student’s Illinois driver’s license to BUPD. When an officer searched for the student’s information in the university’s database, the student’s date of birth did not match that of the driver’s license. When officers spoke with the student, they admitted that the driver’s license was fake and that they used it to purchase alcohol. Officers confiscated the fake ID and referred the student to the Office of Residential Living and Student Conduct. BUPD will send the fake ID to the Illinois Secretary of State.
