Students fall prey to scammers, check fraud
Matt Sexton, Managing Editor
October 31, 2016
Filed under Crime, Featured Story, News
Danielle Moore has heard NKU students swear to her they would never fall for a scam. “They say, ‘I’m too smart for that,’” Moore said. “The students say, ‘I would never fall for that.’ “Guess what? Twenty of your fellow classmates fell for it in the last year.” The assistant mana...
Northern Terrace burglar steals from four women, hides in plain sight
Leonard Ivey, Reporter
September 9, 2016
Filed under Crime, Featured Story, News
After an unknown woman successfully executed three weeks of thievery, the group of roommates she was victimizing realized that she had been hiding in plain sight. According to an e-mail from NKU’s Interim Chief of Police, Lieutenant John Gaffin, four women staying together at The Northern Terrace repo...
NKU police to carry naloxone by end of summer
Abby Anstead, Managing Editor
February 24, 2016
Filed under Crime, Featured Story, News
Northern Kentucky University Police Department will be one of the first university law enforcement agencies in the region to carry naloxone, also known as Narcan, a drug that reverses heroin overdose.Officers will be equipped with naloxone by the end of summer, which will enable them to preven...
Chasing the truth: externship helps the innocent
Molly B. True, Reporter
November 17, 2015
Filed under Crime, Featured Story, News
When Michael VonAllmen walked into a neighborhood bar for a cold beer on a Sunday night in Louisville in 1981, he had no idea he would be fighting for his freedom for the next three decades. VonAllmen didn’t know that just two nights prior, while he was at a party, a young lady was abducted at gunpoint...
Police Beats 8/25
November 11, 2015
Filed under Police Beat
August 20, 2016 4:21 a.m.: An intoxicated man was found laying in parking lot F. The man was evaluated by EMS and taken into custody. August 22, 2016 3:25 p.m.: A report was received that a man was allegedly masturbating in public at Griffin Hall. August 23, 10:49 a.m.: A two-vehicle accident...
Police Beats 10/21
October 21, 2015
Filed under Police Beat
October 8, 4:11 p.m.: A report was received that a female experienced unwanted communication from her ex-boyfriend in Founder’s Hall.October 10, 1:11 a.m.: A report was received that there was an intoxicated female in Commonwealth Hall. Officers responded and determined that she was underage. Hous...
Police Beats 10/7
October 7, 2015
Filed under Police Beat
September 28, 10:00 a.m.: A report was received that an unknown person removed keys and change from an office desk drawer in the Albright Health Center. October 1, 10:42 p.m.: A report was received that there was an individual in the Regents Albright building without permission. The subject was taken into ...
Police Beats 9/30
September 30, 2015
Filed under Police Beat
September 11, 7:00 p.m.: A report was received that a female resident from Woodcrest Apartments was sexually assaulted off campus. The Cold Spring Police Department was contacted and took over the investigation.September 18, 2:11 p.m.: A report was received that an unattended engagement ring was left...
Police Beats 9/23
September 25, 2015
Filed under Police Beat
September 14, 9:00 a.m.: A report was received that an unknown vehicle sideswiped a dumpster near the Student Union.September 14, 12:00 p.m.: A report was received that an unknown person left a note on a parked vehicle in the Kenton Garage.September 15, 7:00 p.m.: A report was received that an unknown...
Police Beats 9/7
September 7, 2015
Filed under Police Beat
August 31, 7:45 a.m.: : A report was received that copper wire had been taken from a construction site at the Recreation Center. August 31, 9:00 a.m.: A report was received that an unknown person unlawfully removed a NKU parking permit from an unlocked vehicle in Lot K. September 1, 10:07...
UPDATED: NKU officers respond to gun incident
Carrie Crotzer, Editor-in-Chief
September 2, 2015
Filed under Crime, Featured Story, News
It was a seemingly normal Thursday when social media began a frenzy of news that someone was in possession of a gun on NKU’s campus. It was around 11 a.m. on Aug. 27 when NKU lit up Twitter with news of an event that had occurred nearly an hour before on the third floor of Steely Library.&nbs...
Police Beats 9/2
September 1, 2015
Filed under Police Beat
August 21, 2:55 a.m.: A female reported that she had been threatened by another female student over the phone on NKU’s main campus.August 21, 3:55 p.m.: A report was received that someone took a bank bag from a counting table in the Student Union.August 21, 11:39 p.m.: A male subject found to be in ...