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BEACON THE UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND’S STUDENT NEWSPAPER
Thursday January 27, 2011
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“Jernail Edwards touched a student’s wrist and made comments about her looks.” Campus-wide alert leads to arrest Philippe Boutros Staff Writer boutros14@up.edu
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Last Friday, two trespassers were detained at The Commons through an operation coordinated by Public Safety and the Portland Police Bureau. “We were working closely with Portland Police,” Harold Burke-Sivers, Public Safety director said. “One of the individuals that we apprehended at The Commons was actually in possession of a valid female student’s ID card, and I doubt that he was there to return it.” Events began to unfold Wednesday, Jan. 19, a little before 5 p.m. at The Cove, according to UP’s Daily Crime and Fire Log. Two students reported being harassed by three males, which led one of the students to call 911 while alerting Public Safety. However, the trespassers left campus before Public Safety was able to arrive at the scene. After getting a description from students, Public Safety sent out a campus-wide alert via e-mail. “These individuals should be considered a threat to our community,” the e-mail from Burke-Sivers said. “Students came forth with information, which led us to check the See Arrest, page 4