Reported Offense: 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…
Category: Alerts
Aggravated Assault
Incident Description: A student was trying to find a parking spot on San Pablo Street when he noticed a man with a handgun. After the student drove past the man, he turned around and saw the man pointing the handgun at him. Date & Time of Occurrence: 04/21/2023 9:29 p.m. Location: On San Pablo Street north of Trojan…
Robbery
Incident Description: A suspect tried to steal a bicycle using bolt cutters to cut the bicycle’s lock. The owner of the bicycle interrupted the attempted theft and a brief struggle ensued. During the struggle, the suspect attempted to hit the owner of the bicycle with the bolt cutters. The suspect stopped the struggle, left the bike,…
Robbery
Incident Description: A female student was walking southbound on Grand Avenue. A man road his bike behind the student. As the man passed the student, he slapped her head with an open hand and grabbed her headphones off of her head. The man fled eastbound on 33rd Street. No injuries were reported. Date & Time of…
Robbery
Incident Description: A male non-USC community member, working at a COVID testing tent on the public sidewalk at Jefferson Boulevard and Hoover Street, was approached by a woman. The woman grabbed the man’s backpack and a short struggle ensued. The man was able to recover his backpack. The woman was last seen getting on a bus…
Robbery
Incident Description: A man approached a student walking in front of the Bovard Administration Building and grabbed the student’s baseball cap. A struggle ensued and the student retrieved his baseball cap. The man then left the area. Date & Time of Occurrence: 03/24/2023 4:33 p.m. Location: In front of Bovard Administration Building located at 3551 Trousdale Parkway, Los…
Crime Alert – Other
Incident Description: The victim was smoking a cigarette in a designated smoking area outside of Keck Hospital. The suspect and two children walked past him. After walking past him, the suspect walked back to the victim and said “If you blow smoke at my kids again, I’ll shoot you.” The suspect lifted his sweater and displayed…
Aggravated Assault
Incident Description: The victim, a student, was riding his bike in the east crosswalk of Jefferson Boulevard and Hoover Street. The suspect was crossing from the opposite direction and threw a rock striking the victim in his face. The student was treated and released at the scene for his injury. Date & Time of Occurrence: 03/21/2023 3:20…
Robbery
Incident Description: The suspect simulated a firearm and demanded property from a clerk in the Electronics section at Target Express. The clerk complied with the suspect’s demand and gave him the property. The suspect left the store with the property. He was later seen on video surveillance cameras driving from the area in the described vehicle.…
Rape
Content warning: this warning addresses a report of sexual assault. Resources are available on and off campus to provide assistance. Visit https://eeotix.usc.edu/report/confidential-and-private-resources/for resources and support. Incident Description: An employee of a company providing services to Keck Hospital was sexually assaulted by a coworker from that same company with whom she had a passing acquaintance. The Los Angeles…