Archive | Campus Safety
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Two people killed in shootings at Virginia Tech
Two people, including a campus police officer, were shot and killed on the campus of Virginia Tech U. just after noon on Thursday. The shooter has not yet been found. The school posted an alert on www.VT.edu, confirming the deaths.
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New presentment released, Sandusky faces more charges
Editor’s note: This article contains graphic content. An 18-year-old male testified that while Jerry Sandusky sexually abused him in the basement of the Sandusky residence, he cried for help, thinking Sandusky’s wife, Dorothy, was upstairs.
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Sandusky charged, arraigned, taken to jail
Jerry Sandusky was put behind bars Wednesday after being charged with 12 additional counts of child sexual abuse.
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Editorial: The right reaction
Syracuse fired Bernie Fine, its longtime associate head basketball coach, Sunday night amid allegations that he had molested several ball boys while they were involved with the program.
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Parents, band leader to sue FAMU over drum major’s death and ensuing controversy
A 26-year-old drum major for the Florida A&M U. Marching 100 band had performed in the Florida Classic halftime show just hours earlier. The band returned to their hotel in Orlando after the football game.
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Missouri coach Pinkel pleads guilty for misdemeanor of drunken driving
Missouri football coach Gary Pinkel pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for driving while intoxicated Nov. 18. He received two-year’s probation and a 30-day suspended sentence for the charge. It is his first offense. Pinkel was arrested at approximately 10 p.m. Nov.
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Lovette pleads not guilty to murder of UNC student body president
One of the alleged murderers of former U. North Carolina student body president Eve Carson has pleaded not guilty.
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Analysis: Few campus sex crimes go to court
The Richmond Times-Dispatch released an analysis of forcible sex crimes at seven Virginia universities this week which found that no cases involving student-on-student assault resulted in criminal prosecution from 2008 through 2010. In the 15 crimes reported at U.
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Former Missouri football star sentenced to 5 years in prison
Former Missouri tailback Derrick Washington was sentenced to five years in prison and 120 days in the 559 Shock Incarceration Program on Monday after being convicted of felony deviate sexual assault in September. Washington was immediately handcuffed and taken into custody after being sentenced.