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Police Beat: On-campus paraphernalia, stolen golf cart, Baker Act, and more paraphernalia

March 19, 2020

By Blake Bowen Staff writer & Police Beat Reporter A student housing employee requested an officer standby at Osprey Hall on Tuesday, Mar. 10. Officers found contraband, and the subject tested positive...

Police Beat: Lost/found husband, a skunk-like smell, Jehovah’s Witnesses

March 13, 2020

By Blake Bowen Staff Writer & Police Beat Reporter UPD was called to Alico Arena after a woman reported her husband, who had dementia, was missing on Saturday, Feb. 29. Officers canvased the area and...

Police Beat feb. 7-14

February 27, 2020

By Blake Bown Staff Writer A report was filed to UPD that sounds similar to fireworks were heard in North Lake Village on Friday, Feb. 7. Officials responded, and after searching the area were unable to...

Police Beat: Possible heart attack(?), fake IDs, and burnt popcorn

February 14, 2020

By Blake Bowen Staff Writer A crash was reported by UPD at South Village Blvd. and FGCU South Bridge Loop Road on Feb. 1. A tow truck was called to tow away one of the vehicles involved, but no injuries...

Police Beat: toy gun scare, stolen laundry, and a parking garage fall

February 6, 2020

Information from UPD's weekly press report. On Friday, Jan. 24, a student reported seeing a man in the bed of a pickup truck possibly holding a handgun. Officers responded and found he was in possession...

Hunting for a Cure Focuses on its ‘Why’ to keep Momentum

December 26, 2019

By Blake Bowen Contributing Writer Courtney Satkoski, a professor a Florida Gulf Coast University, and her team at Hunting for a Cure keep small pictures of the boys affected by Hunter Syndrome in various...