Firearms, tampons and lawn damage (oh my!)
Seventy-seven incidents were formally reported to the University of Toronto Police in the previous three weeks. The majority of the responses dealt with thefts (32), and suspicious circumstances or incidents of mischief (21). Only three bicycles were stolen in this time period, setting bike theft at the lowest levels recorded in the previous three months.
Three assaults occurred on campus in the previous weeks; one altercation between five males at Sidney Smith on September 30, one at 396 Huron Street on September 22, after a complainant asked a noisy group to leave, and one outside the OISE building on October 6. The latter broke out in the midst of a protest against the discussion event South Africa to Palestine: Building an Anti-Apartheid Movement.
A number of unclassifiable incidents of note occurred in the past three weeks. On October 6, a suspect was visited by UTPS after allegedly attempting to sublet his or her residence room at 35 Charles St. W. Toronto’s inaugural night-long art event, Nuit Blanche, also stirred up trouble on September 30th; one patron was given a ticket for “liquor acts,” and removed from the Leslie Dan Pharmacy building. Another incident during the evening is cited by police as “extensive damage to grass” on the Philosopher’s Walk. This mysterious incident was known to Nuit Blanchers as Fog #71624.
Earlier in the month, at the Social Work building on Bloor, a man was seen breaking the tampon dispenser in the women’s washroom. He was last seen running toward the east side of the building, but was not apprehended. Finally, in a case of fraud, an individual was caught using a false name to sell firearms on the internet in the Edward Dental building.
-Amy Smithers
