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So you know Princeton’s a ghetto. We’ve already mapped out the Bloods/Crips/Latin Kings turf for you (watch out Forbes!). What’s the deal now? Who do you call for help?

There’s only one name in town. Y’know.

Time and again, we’ve written about Public Safety’s obsessive pursuit of justice. Cracking down on water guns, relentlessly pursuing obscene nudists. But, they don’t pursue justice all day, every day, do they?

But of course they do! If you don’t believe me, check out the P. Safe blotter here. There are some serious gems every now and then, and we’ve rounded up some of the best in the last week for you.

Here’s what’s gone down in the past few days.

Just one more thing. Wait. Hold on - its actually on the tip of my tongue...

Just one more thing. Wait. Hold on - its actually on the tip of my tongue...

The Case of the Tainted Whiteboard

Where?: Witherspoon

When?: Saturday

What?: “Criminal mischief.”

A PRINCETON UNIVERSITY STUDENT, REPORTED AN UNKNOWN PERSON(S) WROTE AN OBSCENE MESSAGE ON THEIR MESSAGE BOARD OUTSIDE OF THEIR ROOM. UNIT DISPATCHED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE ACT OCCURRED DURING THE PREVIOUS NIGHT. NO SUSPECTS OR WITNESSES HAVE DEVELOPED. REPORTED FILED; INVESTIGATION TO CONTINUE.

I don’t want to go all Columbo on this, but, I bet anyone could guess what happened. Some guys came back drunk from the Street, saw a fresh, unsullied whiteboard, and proceeded to draw male genitalia/write sexually charged messages on it. Real mature, guys.

Hopefully there isn’t going to be any of that continuing investigation on this ol’ humdinger.

Case?: SOLVED.

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In light of the repeat instances of lewdness and the increasing crime on campus as reported in the Annual Security and Fire Report, we thought it would be useful to see exactly where these crimes happen, and what kind of misdeeds are committed.

We’ve plugged in every single crime report–based on Public Safety’s Daily Crime Log–on a handy-dandy Google Map. The map shows the reported campus crimes between September 17th (when classes began) and October 23rd and where they took place. Most of the reports, as you can see by clicking on each icon, are quite minor.

One recommendation, however: avoid Forbes College like the plague. So much crime there!


View Campus Crime! in a larger map

He only ever sought one thing in life: justice...

He only ever sought one thing in life: justice...

Oh hey freshmen, enjoying Princeton so far? Well good! Just be sure to be careful, because it’s actually one of the most dangerous places ever.

Or, there’s just a hell of a lot of theft, and druggies, and alcoholics. You’re living in South Central, basically.

A report released by Public Safety (found here) finds that in the past year, there’s been an increase in the number of campus thefts and a more prominent increase in the number of sexual assaults.

Wow, thanks sexual deviant, you’re totally making us look trashy. Go to the Wa or something, who knows what goes on in that bathroom.

And how about you, recreational drug users? Having fun over there on the golf course?

At Princeton, arrests for drug abuse violations skyrocketed from none in 2006 and 2007 to 15 in 2008, the university’s report shows.

“Most of the arrests for drug violations were made on non-students,” Davall said.

Princeton’s entire crew of dealers were wiped out in one hit. No pun intended.

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