Assault: 

Point Park police gave two men a verbal warning for fighting on Third Avenue on Nov. 21 at 9:38 p.m, Chief of Police Jeff Besong said.

University police were the first to arrive on scene and split the two up, Besong said, adding they were wrestling and fighting over “dope money.” Pittsburgh police arrived shortly after.

No arrests were made, and both people involved did not want to press charges.

Theft:

A man stole a student’s backpack from outside the Student Center along First Avenue on Nov. 22 at 9:30 a.m., according to Besong.

Besong said that Point Park police were able to track the man using university cameras, where they saw him throwing items from the backpack away in city trash cans. University police recovered those disposed-of items, one of which was the student’s Point Park ID.

Police apprehended him about two hours later. The man admitted he stole the backpack and was sent a citation in the mail.

Drug Violation:

Point Park police arrested an individual for possessing and selling crack cocaine on Third Avenue on Nov. 22 at 11:08 p.m. The individual was later sent a citation by mail.

Besong said many of the drug arrests university police have made as of late are tied less to patrols and more to officials watching campus security cameras.

“We’re monitoring our camera systems a lot,” he said.

Drug Violation #2:

Police arrested a man on Third Avenue for possessing crack cocaine on Nov. 28 at 11:08 a.m.

Drug Paraphernalia:

Police arrested a man on Third Avenue for possession of a crack pipe and a used “blood flash” needle on Dec. 1 at 12:07 p.m.

Besong described the blood flash as a syringe “used without proper medical training” and sometimes reused multiple times.