The Emory Wheel regularly meets with Emory Police Department (EPD) Records Manager Ed Shoemaker (87G, 90G) and Director of Campus Safety Communications Morieka Johnson (94C, 24L) and uses EPD’s public crime log to inform the Emory University community about recent crime on and around Emory’s campuses.
To report a crime, contact EPD at 404-727-6111 or police@emory.edu.
Arrest for other agency at Woodruff Memorial Research Building
EPD received a call at about 7:40 a.m. on Jan. 14 about a male in a seventh-floor lounge of the Woodruff Memorial Research Building. The building is primarily a lab space for healthcare research and is generally not open to the public, according to Shoemaker. The caller indicated to EPD that the man did not appear to be an Emory University student, faculty member or related research personnel.
After sending three officers to check the facility, EPD sent located the male and established that he was not affiliated with Emory and had no reason to be in the building. Following standard operating procedure, EPD identified the male with appropriate information systems and found an active arrest warrant from DeKalb County.
Once EPD confirmed the warrant’s validity, they took the man into custody, searched him and found nothing suspicious. EPD then transported him to the DeKalb County Jail and handed him over to the appropriate authorities.
Shoemaker pointed out that the caller had “good situational awareness” and encouraged Emory community members to contact EPD if something does not look right.
“We’re well equipped to determine whether folks belong where they belong or are where they don’t belong, more to the point, and to take appropriate steps,” Shoemaker said.
Criminal damage to property at Emory Clinic Lowergate East Parking Deck
A dispute occurred at about 7:00 a.m. on Jan. 15 between two parties in the employee parking section of the Lowergate East Parking Deck, where many Emory Hospital and Clinic employees, patients and visitors park. The caller reported that as they pulled into a parking spot on Level 3 of the deck at about 6:53 a.m., another vehicle pulled in directly next to her.
The owner of the other vehicle rolled down their window and started arguing that the caller had allegedly taken their parking spot. The complainant did not know the other party, but described them as a female around 50 to 60 years old.
The caller entered the Emory Clinic next to the parking deck to drop off her belongings. When she returned to her vehicle, a red Hyundai Elantra, she noticed a new white scratch on the right rear side of her vehicle. The caller told EPD she believed the unknown party had keyed her car before leaving the parking deck.
The complainant reported that a male wearing an Emory shirt witnessed the dispute, but the caller did not know their identity. EPD has assigned the case for investigation.
Theft by taking at Eagle Hall Parking Deck
An Eagle Hall student resident reported missing property to EPD shortly before 7:00 p.m. on Jan. 19. The student told EPD that they believed an unknown individual entered the parking deck attached to Eagle Hall between 3:00 p.m. on Jan. 18 and 11:00 a.m. on Jan. 19 and stole the resident’s scooter.
The scooter is a ZT3 Pro model in black and grey, has a small bag attached to the front and a water bottle holder. The student told EPD that the scooter is worth about $700.
The student was able to track the scooter to its last known location, at an unknown ping in Midtown Atlanta. EPD will continue to investigate the situation.
