ESU Police Blotter (Aug. 31 – Sept. 10)

Jessica VanWhy

Contributing Writer

August 31- An ESU student called campus police to gain protection from abuse.  

August 31- An ESU student called campus police to report a scam that had happened the week before. The student reported to campus police that the scam originally started out as a money scam and had been going on for a week. It has escalated to the person running the scam making harmful threats to the ESU student.  

August 31- Campus police received many calls about a noise complaint from multiple resident directors (RD’s) and resident advisors (RA’s). This was concerning a large group of people drinking and smoking under the pavilion near Hawthorn Suites.  

September 1- An ESU student went to campus police to file a report about an alleged verbal threat made to her. The threat was allegedly made by someone she had known from back home. The person threatened to come to Sycamore Suites parking lot after a party to fight her.  

September 2- In Lot 38 behind Kemp Library, someone allegedly broke into a car. The only thing taken was a coin purse.  

September 2- There was a report of someone messing with the elevator cameras in Hawthorn Suites.  

September 3- Campus police were called to patrol because someone was trespassing on another’s property after allegedly being told to stay away.  

September 3- A bullet was found in Lot 10, the parking lot in front of Mattioli Recreation Center. No other information about the found bullet was provided.  

September 5- An ESU student called to report a stolen GoTrax Scooter. It is unknown if the scooter was returned to the rightful owner.  

September 7- ESU police were called about unwanted guests in Hemlock Suites.  

September 7- Information was reported about a missing person incident involving an ESU student that was reporting abuse allegations. The incident is being further investigated by the Pennsylvania State Police in Stroudsburg.  

September 10- A report of a student’s personal property being allegedly stolen in Lenape Hall. It is unknown what was stolen or who had stolen it.