Baylor University Police Department is investigating five vehicle break-ins that were reported on Monday, with four occurring on campus and one off campus, according to a statement by Assistant Police Chief Donald J. Rodman.
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After Baylor issued a timely warning regarding a reported kidnapping yesterday afternoon, a new alert confirmed that the report was unfounded.
“Campus safety is a comprehensive effort across the university, so we don’t employ security measures only based on this report. We do it because it’s the right thing to do and a reflection of our caring campus community,” Fogleman said.
The DA’s office dropped the charges against Scott and Nichols because they concluded that doing so would ensure justice. Rather than aiming for convictions, they saw the case as an act of “self-defense and defense of others,” committing to the proper application of the law.
Clayton, Calif. junior Ben Williamson said he is concerned about the lack of public safety in neighborhoods surrounding Baylor. Williamson said even a small boost in security could potentially lessen crime in the areas that students inhabit.
A parole warrant was obtained by Texas DPS after a records check revealed that the defendant “had a 2019 conviction for a felony offense to which he received a 30-year sentence of confinement and was paroled” since June 2023, according to the affidavit.
The Texas Department of Public Safety arrested a fugitive around 5:15 p.m. Tuesday at the Baylor Arms apartment complex on 9th Street, according to a BUPD officer on scene.
Temporary repairs on Baylor’s Rosenbalm Fountain were completed last week after it was damaged in a car collision over the summer.
The Waco Police Department said that for the past six months, men have been targeting unlocked vehicles in small and congested parking lots like apartment complexes and hotels near Baylor, Robinson and Falls County .
Waco PD investigated the kidnapping involving a Baylor student that was reported last week, and detectives determined the report to be false, according to Waco police spokesperson Cierra Shipley.
A Baylor student was kidnapped early Friday morning near the 1900 block of S. Ninth Street, according to Baylor spokesperson Lori Fogleman.