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, April 16 to April 22.
Thursday April, 16:
Call Type: Suspicious Person/Vehicle/Circumstance
A man believed he was being followed at the Wildcat Recreation Center. UPD officers went to talk to him to determine whether he was being legitimately followed.
UPD officers were unable to verify that he was being followed based on the man’s mental state.
“They ended up giving him a ride to Amtrak, which was what he was where he wanted to get to,” Davison said.
Friday, April 17:
Call Type: Suspicious Person/Vehicle/Circumstance
A non-resident was going in and out of the pedestrian gate at University Village with a large sum of money; it was unclear what he was doing.
UPD officers were unable to locate him because he was last seen at 1:48 p.m. UPD officers responded to the call at 2:39 p.m.
“The officers, they may have been called busy at the moment,” Davison said. “They didn’t actually drive out there since he had left an hour prior.”
UPD officers reviewed the cameras to try to determine what the man was doing. But they were unable to determine what he was doing other than confirming he wasn’t a resident.
Call Type: Threats Received
Two men walked past each other near the tennis courts. One of the men claimed to UPD that he had made an aggressive comment toward him.
“We don’t know exactly what the conversation looked like between those two,” Davison said. “But we do know that the person who was walking by was very aggressive.”
The man who felt threatened told UPD that the passerby threatened to shoot him.
“When we talked to the other guy that was passing by, he said that he did not do that. He denied making any threats,” Davison said.
UPD conducted a pat-down search and found no weapons. UPD was unable to determine what exactly happened, but the two went their separate ways.
Call Type: Suspicious Person/Vehicle/Circumstance
A man called UPD’s dispatch center, said people were trying to rob his jewelry near Pine Street and Mullberry Street bridge.
The dispatcher tried to obtain more information from him, but it is believed that he sat down away from his phone.
“He was obviously not right next to his phone anymore,” Davison said. “And he quit talking to the dispatcher.”
The call was then transferred to the Chico Police Department and UPD received no further information on their end, Davison said.
The information came from the daily crime logs in UPD’s media bulletin. Not all logs from April 16 to April 22 were featured in this story.
Aiden Masson can be reached at [email protected]
