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UPDATED: Downed phone lines prevent attacked student from calling WUPD

Chase Duncan

A Winthrop student was physically assaulted by a non-Winthrop affiliated stranger on Wednesday night while phone lines were down across campus, preventing students from calling the Winthrop University Police Department…

Police Blotter

Sarah Hassler

On March 31, the Reporting Officer (R/O) met with a subject who informed the R/O that she and her mother had been receiving many threatening phone calls and messages from…

Police Blotter

Sarah Hassler

On March 25, the Reporting Officer (R/O) was called to the Courtyard parking lot regarding a car that smelled very strongly of marijuana. Once on scene, the R/O had WUPD…

Police Blotter

Sarah Hassler

On March 23, the Responding Officer (R/O) and Officer Adam Watson were conducting speed enforcement operations on Eden Terrace. Watson noticed a car with no tag and initiated a traffic…

Police Blotter

Sarah Hassler

On Feb. 21, the Reporting Officer (R/O) was dispatched to Park Avenue and Stewart Avenue regarding a suspicious man leaving the area in a Toyota. The initial caller informed Winthrop…

Police Blotter

Sarah Hassler

On Feb. 20, the R/O responded to the Parker Building to meet with the complainant in reference to damage of property. The complainant stated that the front driver’s window and…

WUPD asks for help in identifying suspect from Tuesday’s Phelps Hall assault

Bryn Eddy

Interim Chief of Police Charles S. Yearta asked the Winthrop community via email for help in identifying the man who sexually assaulted a student in Phelps Hall on Tuesday, Nov.…

Investigation on Tuesday’s sexual assault in Phelps is active and ongoing

The Johnsonian

A sexual assault against a Winthrop University student that occurred on the morning of Tuesday, Nov. 16 in Phelps Hall was reported to the Winthrop University Police Department on Nov.…

Police blotter 10/31-11/11

Sarah Hassler

On Oct. 31, the reporting officer was conducting patrol at the intersection of Cherry Road and Constitution Boulevard. The officer ran a license plate on a silver Honda Accord, and…

Winthrop Patrol

Sarah Delventhal

With the new semester in full swing, the Winthrop University Police Department are stepping up their game. Students and faculty have noticed that they have been using unmarked cars, and…