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Student injured in hit-and-run at Straz Tower

October 7, 2009

Witnesses say victim was jaywalking and talking on cell phone at time A Marquette student was the victim of a hit-and-run in front of Straz Tower Tuesday afternoon. The female student was struck by a minivan while crossing t...

Battery suspect was aggressive

Derrick Chengery

September 29, 2009

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The Department of Public Safety has released more details about a battery that occurred close to campus late last Wednesday night. Associate Director of DPS Capt. Russell Shaw said officers were dispatched to the 1500 block...

Robberies

Derrick Chengery

September 29, 2009

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The Department of Public Safety reported two armed robberies close to campus early Thursday morning. Both victims were Marquette students. In the first robbery, a student was approached at 1:34 a.m. in Parking Lot #3, located...

Captured battery suspect was reportedly aggressive panhandler

Derrick Chengery

September 25, 2009

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The Department of Public Safety released more details Thursday about a battery that occurred close to campus late Wednesday night. Associate Director of DPS Capt. Russell Shaw said officers were dispatched to the 1500 block...

Two off-campus robberies reported early Thursday

Derrick Chengery

September 25, 2009

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The Department of Public Safety reported two armed robberies occurred close to campus early Thursday morning. Both of the victims were students of the university. In the first robbery, a student was approached at 1:34 a.m....

MPD targets underage alcohol sales

Derrick Chengery

September 24, 2009

Filed under Featured, News

Liquor stores beware: the Milwaukee Police Department is targeting local businesses selling alcohol to those under 21. Officers in MPD District 2 on the city's near south side conducted a “sting” in late August on stores that s...

Suspects detained in Campus Town burglaries

Derrick Chengery

September 15, 2009

Filed under Featured, News

Two suspects identified as naval personnel have been apprehended in connection with Saturday morning's burglaries at Campus Town East Apartments. Two burglaries occurred between 3 and 4 a.m. after the suspects allegedly gained...

KELLY: Two innocent prisoners: one killed, one freed

Jack Kelly

September 15, 2009

Filed under Featured, Viewpoints

A Texas man was executed in 2004 for a crime he did not commit. Recent analysis of arson evidence all but exonerates Cameron Todd Willingham, who was accused, convicted and killed for the alleged 1991 murder of his three childre...

DPS Reports 9/10

Derrick Chengery

September 10, 2009

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Sept. 4 At 7:42 p.m., DPS officers on patrol in the 1400 block of West Wells Street encountered two 19-year-old male students in an alley placing beer cans in a backpack. When officers approached the subjects, they admitted...

Students helped nab suspected serial killer

Derrick Chengery

September 10, 2009

Filed under Featured, News

Two Marquette University students serving as Milwaukee Police Department interns played a part in the investigation that led to the arrest of a man some have called “The North Side Strangler.” Early Saturday morning, authoriti...

Suspects to face charges for August shooting

Derrick Chengery

September 3, 2009

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Two men are being charged in connection with an armed robbery that occurred on campus in early August. Tommy Z. Yang, 18, of Milwaukee, is being charged with attempted armed robbery, according to a criminal complaint. Marquay...