Reported Offense: Burglary Incident Description: A suspect pried open a door of a detached garage and took the victim’s bicycle and skateboard. The suspect was seen on camera leaving the property on the bicycle while holding the skateboard. A similar burglary was reported at the location on November 6th, however it is unknown whether the same suspect…
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Incident Description: Two suspects in a car asked a victim to get into their car in order to sell the victim some clothes. The suspects claimed they are fashion designers. The victim got into their car and shortly after became afraid when the suspect driver started patting down his own pockets. The victim gave the suspects…
Incident Description: Two suspects approached two victims, threatened them with a metal pipe, and took their property. A third suspect was seated in the driver seat of an awaiting car and once the robbery was completed, drove away with the two other suspects going westbound in the alley towards Vermont Avenue. No injuries were reported. Reported…
Incident Description: A man approached the victim and lunged at the left front pocket of their pants where they kept their wallet. The man lunged so hard that he pushed the victim towards the street. The man then walked northbound on Hoover Street towards 28th Street. No injuries were reported. Reported Offense: Attempted Robbery Date & Time…
The USC Department of Public Safety (DPS) wants to make the campus community aware of a telephone scam in which an individual posing as a USC security officer attempts to collect or extort money from USC parents. The scam involves late night phone calls to USC parents claiming that their student has been incarcerated and…
The USC Department of Public Safety has received reports from students, many of whom are international students, who were deceived into giving money to impostors posing as law enforcement officials or representatives of agencies including the Social Security Administration, IRS, U.S. Customs, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and Department of Homeland Security. Some impostors or…
Incident Description: A suspect pulled the victim’s backpack off of them and entered an awaiting dark colored Nissan. The driver of the Nissan drove away and was last seen going eastbound on 37th street. No injuries have been reported. Reported Offense: Robbery Date & Time of Occurrence: 10/15/2024 5:40 p.m. Location: On the sidewalk at the 1300 block of…
Incident Description: The victim was walking on the north sidewalk of Jefferson Boulevard at Watt Way. The suspect, on a bicycle, exited the University Village and as he rode past the victim, he sprayed her with pepper spray. The suspect was accompanied by a second male, also on a bicycle. The suspect was last seen riding…
Incident Description: The victim was walking on the west sidewalk of Figueroa Street, south of 32nd Street. The victim was surrounded by four or five suspects who tripped him and then took a gold necklace from around his neck. The suspects ran eastbound across Figueroa and were last seen running northbound on the east sidewalk of…
The university has recently received three reports of students being scammed while attempting to purchase USC home football game tickets. The victims connected with the suspects through GroupMe. The suspects purported to be students. The victims requested to purchase tickets to a USC home football game. The suspects agreed to sell the tickets, and the…
