Gun alert lifted at University of Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Officials at the University of Minnesota have lifted a warning for students to take shelter after man with a gun tried to rob a student on campus. University police say the armed man...
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Public Safety briefs
On Nov. 5, 2013 at 4:20 a.m., Public Safety responded to a disturbance in Flynn Residence Hall. An unknown individual, reported as pounding on the secured door of a St. Thomas student’s residence,...
View ArticleStray bullet from police chase injures student near campus
St. Thomas junior Charles Pechous suffered a minor injury in his apartment after a stray bullet grazed his wrist early Saturday morning. The bullet entered Pechous’ off-campus apartment on the 1700...
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Two charged in musical instrument theft
Two people have been charged with theft after allegedly stealing a guitar and two trombones from the St. Thomas music department Nov. 15. According to Michael Barrett, associate director of Public...
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Public Safety briefs
On Nov. 12, 2013, at 11:21 a.m., Public Safety documented suspicious activity in the Morrison Hall Public Safety office. A St. Thomas student reported she received several offensive messages through...
View ArticleSchool of Law calls death of alumnus and Orono homicide ‘tragic’
Helen Ebert, director of communications for the St. Thomas School of Law, said events surrounding the death of alumnus Ted Hoffstrom and a prominent Minnesota doctor are “tragic.” Hoffstrom was shot...
View ArticleU of M student sexually assaulted by man impersonating a cop
A University of Minnesota student reported she was sexually assaulted after she agreed to take a ride from a man claiming to be a cop early Sunday. According to University of Minnesota police, at about...
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2 students in critical condition after hit-and-run
TommieMedia map by designer Sam Wisneski Two St. Thomas students are in critical condition at Regions Hospital in St. Paul after a hit-and-run accident on the 1900 block of Grand Avenue early Sunday...
View ArticlePolice search for a gunman at locked-down Yale
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — An anonymous caller warned authorities Monday that his roommate was on his way to Yale University to shoot people, leading officials to lock the Ivy League campus down as police...
View ArticleArrest made in hit-and-run that injured 2 students
A 40-year-old St. Paul woman is under arrest in connection with the hit-and-run incident that left two St. Thomas students in critical condition early Sunday morning. St. Paul police announced the...
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Campus theft on the rise
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Public Safety briefs
On Nov. 26, 2013, at 11:43 a.m., Public Safety documented damage to property on the 1800 block of Lincoln Avenue. The St. Paul Police Department reported an intoxicated non-St. Thomas suspect, who...
View ArticlePolice respond to shooting report at Colorado school
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — One student was in critical condition Friday after reports of a shooting at a high school in suburban Denver, hospital and state officials said. The student was in surgery,...
View ArticleNienstedt homily: Catholic bishops have failed
EDINA, Minn. (AP) — Archbishop John Nienstedt acknowledges that Catholic bishops have failed in their response to the clergy-abuse crisis, according to prepared remarks he’s scheduled to give during a...
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Between April 1 and April 5, Public Safety documented a burglary on the 1800 block of Portland Avenue. The St. Paul Police Department reported a garage on the block was burglarized. On April 8, 2014,...
View ArticleNews in :90 — May 1, 2014
This is News in :90 for Thursday, May 1, 2014. Related NewsSt. Thomas’ pampered pets The science behind attraction St. Thomas senior finds success in rapping
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St. Thomas, SPPD host forum on Monument Park shooting
Two shootings occurred at the Monument Park at the Intersection of Summit Avenue and Mississippi Boulevard on July 31 and Aug. 2. Saint Paul Police hosted a public forum at St. Thomas to discuss those...
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Charge filed in Peeping Tom case
Two female St. Thomas students who live off campus spotted and reported to police a peeping Tom in early September, helping lead to the arrest and filing of a charge against John David Searle. Two...
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Man accused of window peeping pleads not guilty
A man accused of peeping in the windows of St. Thomas students who live off campus has pleaded not guilty to one felony count of surreptitious interference with privacy. John David Searle appeared in...
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Minneapolis campus crimes don’t prompt more security
St. Thomas Public Safety sent out two crime alerts this week. Wells Farnham spoke of the incidents. (Marissa Groechel/TommieMedia) St. Thomas’ Minneapolis campus has not stepped up security after two...
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