Residential Burglary

Residents left their apartment on 1/19/2019 for the weekend and arrived home on 1/21/2019 to discover someone had entered the residence without permission and removed several items of personal property worth approximately $2,600.00.  The residents left the apartment unlocked and there was no sign of forced entry. DATE & TIME OF OCCURRENCE:  During weekend of…

Armed Robbery

INCIDENT:  Two students exited a Lyft vehicle on Hoover St near the Target store. While walking home, five suspects exited a vehicle and confronted the two students. One suspect, armed with a knife, demanded their property. The students complied and gave them their cell phones, wallet, and keys. The suspects returned to the vehicle and…

Sexual Battery/Fondling

A student was standing in front of the Radisson Hotel when she was approached by the suspect who groped her and pulled her towards him.  The student pulled away from the suspect and ran to a group of friends who were nearby.  The suspect was last seen on foot walking north on Figueroa Street. DATE…

Burglaries

There were three separate burglaries of student apartments that occurred over the weekend at the Cardinal Gardens housing complex.  In each case, students were asleep inside when the burglaries occurred. No one was injured.  It is likely that the same suspect committed each theft. In each case, the suspect entered through an unlocked front door…

Assault with a Deadly Weapon

In an apparent act of road rage, the suspect driver pointed a handgun from the window of her car at the driver of the other involved vehicle. The other involved vehicle was a rideshare car transporting a student passenger. No shots were fired and there were no injuries.  The passenger in the suspect vehicle also…

Robbery at HSC

Victim, not affiliated with the university, was standing at a taco truck attempting to purchase food when approached by the suspect.   The suspect displayed a handgun and demanded the victim’s property.  The victim gave the suspect money and the suspect fled on foot with the victim’s property. The victim was not injured. DATE & TIME…

Robbery/Auto Theft

As the victim (student) and a friend walked to her parked car in the parking structure, the victim was approached by the suspect who demanded her car keys.   The suspect, who had her hand inside her coat pocket possibly concealing a weapon, took the keys from the victims hand, entered the victim’s car and was…

Robbery-Firearm

Victims (no USC affiliation) were playing soccer on Brittingham Field when they were confronted by three suspects who demanded their money. Suspect#1 displayed a handgun located in his waistband and the victims gave the suspects their money and cell phones. Suspects then fled southbound from location on Watt Way and into an awaiting vehicle. DATE…

Attempted Robbery with Firearm

Victim, a USC student, advertised an iPhone for sale using an application to sell items online.  A potential buyer contacted the victim and they agreed to meet at the CVS store on Figueroa.  After the victim arrived at the CVS store, the buyer texted the victim and requested victim walk to Shrine Place and 32nd…

Rape

DPS received a report from LAPD Hollenbeck Division that a female not affiliated with the university reported that she was raped by a male adult at a house near campus. The location where the crime occurred was empty and had been boarded up prior to demolition. The reporting party was unable to provide a description…