Category: Crime Alerts

Content warning: this warning addresses a report of sexual assault. Resources are available on and off campus to provide assistance. Visit https://ocrc.usc.edu/support-reporting-options/confidential-and-private-resources/ for resources and support. Incident Description: The victim was outside their residence retrieving food from a delivery vehicle when the suspect rode past them on a bicycle and grabbed their buttocks. The suspect fled the area…

Incident Description: A victim returned home and found the front gate open and the front door ajar. Upon entering, the victim observed the suspect hiding behind the front door and apparently unplugging another victim’s electric scooter from an outlet. The suspect initially left the residence without the scooter but was later observed outside the property in…

Incident Description: The Department of Public Safety received a delayed report that a suspect entered the victims’ residence through an unlocked front door and removed property belonging to multiple victims. Surveillance footage showed the suspect leaving the residence with the stolen property. Community members are reminded to lock all doors and windows whenever they leave their…

Incident Description: Two suspects riding separate black minibikes approached the victim. Suspect #1 began speaking to the victim, who moved closer because he could not hear what was being said. Suspect #1 then forcibly removed a chain from the victim’s neck. Both suspects fled the area on their minibikes, possibly traveling southbound on Figueroa Street from…

Incident Description: The victim woke up and discovered the suspect inside the victim’s bedroom near their nightstand. Upon seeing the victim wake up, the suspect took the victim’s property from their nightstand and fled through the front door and property gate in an unknown direction. The suspect may have entered the residence through an unlocked front…

Reported Offense: Aggravated Assault & Robbery Date & Time of Occurrence: 08/12/2026 6:24 p.m. Location: At the intersection of 28th Street and Flower Street, Los Angeles, CA 90007 Report Number: 2602672 Incident Description: A carjacking occurred involving the shooting of a victim. There is no known USC involvement in this incident. The Los Angeles Police Department has assumed responsibility for…

Incident Description: The victim was inside his residence with the front door open. The victim’s backpack was on the floor inside the residence near the open doorway. While the victim was away from the immediate area, a male suspect approached the open doorway, leaned inside the residence, took the backpack, and left the area in an…

Incident Description: The suspect approached the victim as the victim was walking along the sidewalk toward their vehicle. The suspect made a lewd remark to the victim, which the victim ignored. After the victim entered their vehicle, the suspect prevented the victim from closing the driver’s side door and then forcefully slammed it shut, causing the…

Content warning: this warning addresses a report of sexual assault. Resources are available on and off campus to provide assistance. Visit https://ocrc.usc.edu/support-reporting-options/confidential-and-private-resources/for resources and support. Incident Description: The suspect ran up behind the victim and thrust their hips into the rear of the victim. The suspect was last seen running northbound on Portland Street.  Reported Offense: Sexual Battery/Fondling…