University of Maryland Police responded to reports of a suspicious person, vandalism and telephone/email misuse, among other incidents this past week, according to police reports.
Suspicious person
On Friday at 5:12 p.m., University Police responded to Hornbake Library for a report of a suspicious person. A man with no affiliation to this university was returning to Hornbake Library to retrieve his belongings and discovered the doors were locked, according to police spokeswoman Sgt. Rosanne Hoaas.
The man walked into a staff area and spoke with a library employee, who found the man’s behavior odd and notified University Police, Hoaas said.
An officer spoke with the man outside of the building, and the officer told the man he would retrieve his property inside the building for him.
The officer searched, but was not able to locate any of the man’s belongings, Hoaas said.
Police issued the man a denial of access to the staff area, Hoaas said. This case is closed.
Telephone/email misuse
University Police responded to the Biology-Psychology Building on Friday at 11:03 a.m., where a female student at this university reported to police that she had received a series of text messages from a text messaging internet service, Hoaas said.
Both the victim, a female student, and her boyfriend received text messages which were odd and harassing in nature.
The content of the messages was not threatening, Hoaas said.
The victim was given information from the Office of Civil Rights and Sexual Misconduct, Hoaas said. This case remains open and active.
Hate bias
On Sept. 6 at 5:09 p.m., University Police responded to Hagerstown Hall for a report of a hate bias incident, according to police reports.
A male student at this university reported to police that he found a swastika drawn on his dry erase board.
This incident took place between Sept. 6 at 12:15 a.m. and 7 a.m. that same day, Hoaas said.
The drawing was erased from the student’s dry erase board, Hoaas said. This case remains open and active.
