Incident Description: The suspect punched the victim in the face and attempted to take his backpack. The victim was able to get away without losing his backpack. The suspect fled and was last seen running southbound in the west alley of Hoover Street. Reported Offense: Robbery Date & Time of Occurrence: 02/12/2026 10:00 pm Location: 28th Street west of…
Author: Adrian Peña
Incident Description: The victim was riding his E scooter at the center of campus. He was assaulted by five or six suspects who knocked him off his scooter, and then took his scooter and fled. They were last seen southbound on Trousdale Parkway. Three of the suspects were riding bicycles, the other suspects were riding E…
Groups of teenage males on bicycles have been riding around the city of Los Angeles, including the USC community, routinely robbing pedestrians of their phones, randomly assaulting people, and continually violating traffic laws. These bicyclists, who are mostly under 18, sometimes ride in groups as large as 100. The USC Department of Public Safety is…
Incident Description: The victim was on the sidewalk when the suspect rode past him on a bicycle. The suspect grabbed the victim’s phone and pulled it out of his hands. The suspect rode away southbound on Figueroa St. The suspect was accompanied by two or three other male juveniles on bicycles. Following this crime, there were…
Incident Description: A shoplifting suspect running from the USC Bookstore forcibly took a bicycle from a student as he made his escape. Reported Offense: Robbery Date & Time of Occurrence: 01/28/2026 8:50 a.m. Location: On the University Park Campus at Watt Way and West 37th Place Report Number: 2600322 Vehicle Description: None Suspect Description (provided by reporting party): Age: 30 to 35…
Incident Description: The suspect was walking in front of the victim, she suddenly turned around and made a threatening statement to the victim. She then punched the victim in face, knocked her to the ground and began scratching at the victim’s face. A passerby intervened and stopped the suspect. The suspect left the scene southbound on…
Incident Description: The victim was walking on the sidewalk when the suspect rode up behind her on a bicycle and snatched her phone from her hands. The suspect continued riding eastbound and was last seen going southbound on Figueroa St. Reported Offense: Robbery Date & Time of Occurrence: 01/24/2026 6:01 PM Location: Jefferson Bl. west of Figueroa St., north…
Incident Description: The victim was walking on the sidewalk when the two suspects rode past her and snatched her phone from her hand. The suspects left going westbound on Jefferson Bl. A short time later, the same suspects accosted a second victim at the southeast corner of Jefferson Bl. and Vermont Avenue. As they rode past…
Incident Description: The victim was walking northbound on the sidewalk. The suspect, and three other male juveniles on bicycles, rode past her going southbound. The suspect grabbed the victim’s phone out of her hands as he rode past. He continued riding southbound. Reported Offense: Robbery Date & Time of Occurrence: 01/13/2026 8:18 pm Location: Figueroa Street and McCarthy Way,…
Incident Description: The victim was swarmed by a group of approximately 15 male teenagers on bicycles. The victim was assaulted and his phone was taken.This incident may be related to a similar incident that occurred at Adams Boulevard and Hoover Street approximately 30 minutes earlier in which a group of male teenagers on bicycles attempted to…
