The Emory Wheel regularly meets with Emory Police Department (EPD) Records Manager Ed Shoemaker (87G, 90G) and uses EPD’s public crime log to inform the Emory University community about recent crime around Emory’s campuses.
To report a crime, contact EPD at 404-727-6111 or police@emory.edu.
Theft by taking of motor vehicle at Emory Point
A student contacted EPD at about 12:30 p.m. on Sept. 5 about a stolen motor vehicle. The student left her motorcycle on the fifth floor of the parking garage at Emory Point for summer break. When she returned to Emory on Sept. 5, she discovered her motorcycle was missing.
The student asked the leasing office if someone had towed the motorcycle, and the office told her that the property does not tow vehicles. Shoemaker said that the student is going to contact the security in the complex to see if any cameras might have picked up footage.
EPD has assigned this case for investigative follow-up. The motorcycle is a white Kawasaki, worth about $5,000, according to Shoemaker.
Simple battery, stalking at the ESC
EPD met with a male student in a residence hall on the Atlanta campus at about 10:30 p.m. on Sept. 7 to discuss a case of battery that had occurred earlier that night.
The student from the Oxford campus finished eating dinner on the Atlanta campus in the Emory Student Center (ESC) with a female friend at about 7:20 p.m. The student’s ex-girlfriend, whom he said he had dated last spring, approached the pair. According to the male student, she was with three other students.
The male student said his ex-girlfriend walked up to him, shoved him and slapped him on his face. She then threw two bags of items at him, which contained things he had given her during their relationship.
The male student said his ex-girlfriend told him during this interaction, “I never want to see you back on this f***king campus or I swear to God.” She then warned the student’s female friend to be careful, calling him a “cheater” with “issues.”
The male student and his female friend left the ESC to return to the friend’s dorm room. According to the student, there was a loud knock on the door less than 10 minutes after they entered the room. They looked through the peephole and found the ex-girlfriend with the same group of friends from outside her room.
The student’s friend, whose room it was, contacted the resident advisor (RA) and reported that there were people outside her room in the hall who did not live there. The RA arrived and told the group that they needed to leave, which they did. The resident then briefly stepped out of her room when the ex-girlfriend reiterated that she only wanted to talk and warned the resident about the male student being a cheater. The RA then told everyone to leave.
At about 9:30 p.m., the resident of the dorm requested an escort from her RA to accompany her and the male student back to the male student’s car. He then drove back to Oxford, told his father about the incident and contacted EPD.
EPD has notified the various appropriate Campus Life personnel about the incident. The male student indicated interest in pressing charges and requested a temporary protective order.
Theft by taking at the WoodPec
A student contacted EPD in the evening on Sept. 8 about a missing wallet at the George W. Woodruff P.E. Center (WoodPec). He said he had the wallet with him in his bookbag at about 12:45 p.m. and later discovered that his wallet was missing at around 5:30 p.m.
The student visited the WoodPec at about 4:45 p.m. for a workout. During the workout, he said he put the bookbag down on the floor beside him.
After he completed his workout at about 5:30 p.m., he checked the bag and discovered that his wallet was missing. He retraced his steps and checked the lost and found at the locations he had visited during the afternoon, but could not find his wallet.
The wallet contained identification cards, credit cards and a “substantial amount” of money, according to Shoemaker. As a precaution, the student froze his cards, and EPD assigned the case for an investigator to follow up on.
