Tip of the week: Be particularly cautious when crossing the road, especially at the crosswalk near Wyview Park on University Avenue. There have been a couple fairly serious accidents at this crossing. This is an especially dangerous intersection because there are multiple lanes and the speed limit is 45 miles per hour. Pedestrians should not assume drivers will stop and drivers need to watch for pedestrians.

Communications

Oct. 23: A 19-year-old female student, living in Taylor Hall in Helaman Halls, received a suspicious phone call from a man claiming to be a psychology student who asked her to participate in an experiment for his psychology class. She had read the police beat tip of the week in The Daily Universe on October 12, and hung up on him.

Criminal trespassing

Oct. 23: A building security officer was checking Allen Hall when he heard noise coming from a bathroom. When he went to investigate, he saw a suspicious man in the hall. The officer called for police assistance and pursued the suspect, but lost track of him. The police think the suspect entered the building through a window in the bathroom, but say he was interrupted before he was able to steal or damage anything. The suspect is a 61-year-old male.

Disorderly conduct

Oct. 24: A group of students were planning to hold a rally to show support for the Colorado Rockies, who were playing the Boston Red Sox in the World Series. The police asked them to discontinue their activities and they complied.

Oct. 29: A 19-year-old male was reported viewing inappropriate material on the Internet in the Harold B. Lee Library. An individual who saw him viewing this material turned him in to library security personnel. They interviewed him and banned him from the library. He apologized, saying he realized what he did was wrong and he will never do it again.

Identity fraud

Oct. 29: Two female students in the periodicals section of the Harold B. Lee Library were instant messaging when they discovered that someone had hacked into one of their accounts. The victim received a message requesting she send $800 to Tina in Nigeria. The victim found the other student and discovered that she had not sent the message, and was no longer instant messaging her. The victim started checking her financial accounts and found three unauthorized withdrawals from her Wells Fargo account, payable to a PayPal account. Two transactions were for $26.45, the other for $40. This is still under investigation.

Medical emergency

Oct. 29: A male student overdosed on over-the-counter medications and was taken to the hospital for treatment.

Missing person

Oct. 27: An 18-year-old male student was reported missing from Merrill Hall in Helaman Halls. The police received a phone call from his bishop, who said the student had not come home the previous night. The police started an investigation, but found out later that day that he had returned and was in good health. He was dealing with some personal problems and had decided to camp out for the night and think about these problems.

Personal injury accident

Oct. 29: An accident was reported between a bicyclist and a car in the parking lot near the law school. The bicyclist was riding west through the parking lot when he ran into the side of the vehicle, which was going north. Neither the driver of the car or the bicyclist saw the other. The bicyclist had his infant daughter with him and the impact caused her to fly over the handlebars and into the door of the vehicle. She received a laceration on her forehead. The bicyclist received a laceration on his left hand and a possible broken finger. They were transported to the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center.

Suspicious

Oct. 26: A man, wearing a dark sweatshirt, was reported hiding in the bushes on Maeser Hill. An officer talked to him and discovered that he was there with his girlfriend, playing a game. The officer suggested that they shouldn't be doing that and they left.

Oct. 27: A male individual was reported yelling in the Eyring Science Center. When the officers arrived, they discovered he was actually singing along to music playing on his iPod.

Oct. 29: An 18-year-old male student was lying on the couch in his apartment and heard the front door slowly open. A man peered in, saw him lying on the couch and ran away. The police suspect he was intending to commit a crime. Unfortunately, they were unable to get a description on the suspect.

Theft

Oct. 22-26: A wireless receiver was reported stolen from room 1170 of the Talmage Building. The device is of limited value because the technology is old. BYU is in the process of replacing that entire system because it was antiquated.

Oct. 25: A camera and flash belonging to BYU was reported stolen from the Joseph F. Smith Building. It was kept in a cupboard in a classroom to be used by a student. The Nikon D80 camera is valued at $1500, the flash at $200.

Oct. 25: A 24-year-old female student reported her purse stolen. She said she had left her purse, containing $130 cash, $50 in gift cards and a bus pass, in the computer lab on the first floor of the Wilkinson Center before devotional on October 9. When she returned, the purse was missing. She said she checked the lost-and-found, but it had not been turned in. Later, she called the police to apologize for giving a false report. She said her purse had been stolen two years ago and she never got it back. The bus pass she claimed had been stolen was actually recently lost on bus 811. She believes it was stolen and is being used by someone else. To avoid having to pay for another bus pass, she decided to combine both incidents. The student wrote a letter to the police, apologizing for lying and said she wants to make things right. She promised to return the bus pass and buy herself a new one.

Oct. 26: One of the tills in the BYU Bookstore was short on cash on three consecutive days. Approximately $940 is missing. This matter is still under investigation.

Oct. 29: An 18-year-old male student reported his bicycle stolen from a bike rack near the Tanner Building. The 21-speed dark green and purple women's mountain bike was not locked.

Warrant service

Oct. 26: A custodial employee reported a suspicious couple using a courtesy phone in the Richards Building at 5 a.m. An officer was dispatched and talked to the suspects. They claimed that a coach had let them in to use the phone. While the officer was verifying this story, he discovered that the 20-year-old wife had a warrant out of Sandy for failure to appear, and the 27-year-old husband had several outstanding warrants in California, Washington, Oregon and Illinois. The warrant from Illinois is for not registering as a sex offender and indicated that he could be armed and dangerous. The police found a 6-inch hunting knife in his backpack. He was transported to Utah County Jail and will stay there until he is extradited to Illinois. The female suspect was taken to Wendy's where they were planning to meet his parents.