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    -Fall `99

    THE FOLLOWING COMPLAINTS WERE REPORTED

    Thursday, Sept. 2 
    *4:19 a.m. - A complainant reported that two males were committing a "lewd" act in front of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity out near the automobiles. 

    Monday, Sept. 13
    *10:30 a.m. - Animal Control was requested in reference to two dogs at large around the Science and Engineering Building. 

    Monday, Sept. 20
    *4:18 a.m. - An officer reported seeing a suspicious person urinating in the street. 

    *2:35 p.m. - A complainant reported being approached by a black male suspect in a gray vehicle who masturbated in front of her on 14th Street and Highland Avenue. The subject also asked the victim to the UT pool. 

    Tuesday, Sept. 21
    *12:48 p.m. - A complainant stated that a white male cursed her when she asked if he would let his two dogs relieve themselves somewhere else. 

    Saturday, Sept. 26
    *6:26 p.m. - An officer stated that he had ejected a student from Neyland Stadium after a complaint from a female. Subject became defensive and verbally argumentative. The officer stated that he settled the situation and directed the student to go home and to stay away from the stadium. Subject returned to the stadium. The officer again escorted the subject out of the stadium. 

    Thursday, Oct. 7 
    *12:09 a.m. - A driver with van services came into UTPD lobby to file a complaint concerning harassment that had just occurred at Presidential Court. The driver reported that while he was sitting in his van, a female in a car drove up next to him. He stated that she cursed him and made obscene gestures towards him; no threats were made towards the van driver. A complaint report was filed. 

    Friday, Oct. 8
    *10:41 p.m. - An officer was out on a report of a suspicious person possibly using binoculars to look into women's dorms. The subject was gone upon an officer's arrival.

    Sunday, Oct. 10
    *4:29 a.m. - A complainant stated that a white male subject was in the bushes gratifying himself. When the complainant walked by, the subject walked out of the bushes near the steps behind Reese Hall. Officers were unable to locate the subject. 

    Monday, Oct. 11 
    *2:56 a.m. - A complainant stated that a lost dog was inside Morrill Hall lobby. An officer was dispatched and was unable to catch the dog. The dog was last seen running towards Presidential Court. 

    Tuesday, Oct. 12
    *12:25 a.m. - A complainant called and stated that a male subject wearing navy shorts and a blue tee shirt was on the top floor of Morrill Hall looking into South Carrick Hall with binoculars. 

    *4:49 p.m. - A complainant who refused name and callback reported that she had been approached by an individual at the UC around noon who had asked he if she or any of her friends would marry him in order to get citizenship in the U.S. The suspect was a white male in his mid- to late thirties with an Australian accent. 

    Wednesday, Oct. 27
    *9:19 p.m. - UTPD was notified of a suspicious person, possibly involved in indecent exposure, in Hodges Library. Officers were unable to locate the subject. 

    Sunday, Oct. 31
    *10 p.m. - An officer was dispatched to check on a suspicious person that was described as wearing blue overalls and a Mike Myers mask. The complainant stated that the subject was chasing and harassing females in front of Humes Hall. 

    Wednesday, Nov. 17
    *1:59 p.m. - An officer was requested due to the theft of a chicken sandwich in the Hess Hall dining. 

    Monday, Nov. 22
    *2:28 p.m. - A complainant called and stated that a female street preacher was causing a disturbance on Volunteer near Melrose Hall. 

    Tuesday, Dec. 7
    *4:41 a.m. - A complainant stated that two males were running up and down the hall whipping each other with belts in Reese Hall. An officer responded and settled the problem. 

    FROM THE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1999 ISSUE
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