This story reviews the University Police Department’s daily crime logs. An Orion reporter spoke with Lt. Bryce Davison for more information regarding certain logged events from last week, Feb. 1-7.
Sunday, Feb. 1:
Call Type: Medical Aid
A male student was attacked by a group of men with a knife involved. The crime log provided didn’t state whether the male student was stabbed or injured by the knife.
“It doesn’t specify if he was cut by the knife or if he just fell to the ground at some point and scraped his knuckles or something,” Davison said.
The male student was walking with a group of women. As they were walking, a group of four men approached them. The four men who approached them started making inappropriate comments and interacting with the women in a way they didn’t like, which made them uncomfortable, Davison said.
The male in the group with the females tried to de-escalate the situation, but the four men ended up attacking him.
The incident is ongoing investigation and UPD was unable to provide any further information.
Tuesday, Feb. 3:
Call Type: Order Violation-Court/Campus
A violation of a restraining order was reported, but there was no clear violation at the Meriam Library.
“The officer documented it. But I don’t see any … charges or anything like that,” Davison said. “So, that makes me think that … he’s not … not a clear violation, so he probably had a reason to be on campus as well.”
A woman has a restraining order against her father. She saw her father walking toward her, coming 15 feet away from her, then 4 feet away.
She saw him looking directly at her and she felt uncomfortable, Davison said. Later that day, she saw him walk past her classroom.
Davison gave an example that if her father were a Chico student and he’s studying in the library and sees his daughter walk in, his responsibility is to get up, pack his stuff up and leave. Due to no further action being taken, it’s assumed that there was no clear violation of the restraining order, Davison said.
Thursday, Feb. 5:
Call Type: Suspicious Person/Vehicle/Circumstance
Male student received a message from a woman on Discord who said she hacked his phone and had naked pictures or videos of him.
She threatened to share his pictures or videos if he didn’t pay her $200. He sent her the money through Venmo and then the woman demanded more money from him.
A UPD officer told him not to send any more money and to take screenshots of everything as evidence, Davison said. The UPD officer also suggested that he should delete his accounts and block the woman who hacked him.
Saturday, Feb. 7:
Call Type: Suspicious Person/Vehicle/Circumstance
A man was creeping by vehicles at University Village.
Creeping means he was peeking through windows and looking like he might steal something, Davison said.
When the reporting person saw him, the man ducked down. UPD officers came to do an area check. They were searching for the suspect; they were unable to find him.
“They also checked all the cars, and they were looking for, like, things like broken glass, signs of vandalism or burglary, and did not find any at that time,” Davison said.
For the remainder of the night, UPD officers did a directive patrol throughout their shifts just in case the problem would recur.
Call Type: Vehicle Stop
There was a vehicle wanted for questioning; the call was an assault with a deadly weapon. This call is made when anything can be used to cause death or bodily injury to another person, Davison said. Most commonly, a knife or a firearm.
Chico PD provided the information to local law enforcement agencies to be on the lookout for the vehicle. A UPD officer was driving behind the vehicle with the matching description of the reported vehicle from Chico PD.
The UPD officer followed the vehicle eastbound toward Highway 99. Not initiating a stop, waiting for additional officers to arrive just in case the encounter was violent, Davison said. The vehicle was stopped on southbound 99.
The vehicle had no association with the call.
“When they actually stopped the car and examined it closer, ran the license plate, probably identified the drivers. They realized that it’s not a match,“ Davison said.
The information came from the daily crime logs in UPD’s media bulletin. Not all logs from Feb. 1-7 were featured in this story.
Aiden Masson can be reached at [email protected].
