Marijuana problems increase

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As if maraijuana complaints in the dorms was not enough, this problem has escualted to the sale of students around campus, most of the time happening in the various parking lots.

An 18-year-old man was caught in possession of and trying to sell marijuana on April 20 at 2:31 p.m. in Parking Lot 14D, Solorzano said.

The man, who is not a student at Cal State Long Beach, was seen driving a 2001 black Chrysler PT Cruiser through the parking lot while trying to approach students to buy marijuana. University Police saw the man making a transaction with another person via surveillance cameras before arriving on scene. When police confronted the man, he admitted to being in possession of and trying to sell marijuana, according The Daily 49er

Cellphone thefts on the rise

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Multiple reports of stolen cellphones have been reported to the University Police in the recent weeks.

The two major thefts that have taken place was on on April 21, 2011, at Engineering Computer Science-UNK building. The owner of the phone left for a short amount of time and when they came back the phone was gone, according to the University Police media log.

The other major cellphone theft occured a day before the last one on April 20, 2011between 4-5 p.m. The staff member had an HTC EVO phone and left his or her cellphone in the parking office located in Parking Structure 1 when he or she went to assist a student. When the staff member returned, the cellphone was gone. The estimated loss is $400, according to The Daily 49er.

Revenge is bittersweet

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A female reported that her tires were slashed while her car was parked on campus on April 21, 2011 shortly after 12:30 p.m., according to the University Police log.

The female students claims that the suspect who slashed her tires is her ex-boyfriend. The case is pending upon further investigation.

This is a perfect example of karma.

Forgery

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The Bursar's Office recieved notice of an attempt to cash a false check on April 20, 2011, according to the University Police Log.

Upon recieving information from an out-of-state bank of that a subject tried to cash a fake CSULB check, the Bursar's Office decided to call University Police to file a police report.  The suspect information is unavailable at this time due to investigation.

Campus Police help capture murder suspect

A 19-year-old murder suspect was arrested by Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies Tuesday at a Motel6 in an action that snarled morning traffic around the busy intersections of 7 th Street, Pacific Coast Highway and Bellflower Boulevard.

According to a sheriff's spokesman, the murder occurred at 12:20 a.m. Sunday in the 1100 block of East 68 th St. in Los Angeles. The suspect, Victor Ayala is a resident of the neighborhood where the murder occurred.

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Sheriff's Homicide investigators took Ayala into custody after local authorities discovered his car parked in a Motel 6 parking lot on 7 th Street in Long Beach.

Cal State Long Beach Police called in the Long Beach Police Department to help contain the area until the Sheriff's Deputies arrived, said LBPD spokeswoman Lisa Massacani, according to the Long Beach Press Telegram

Ayala eventually surrenedered and was taken into custody without any struggle.

Woman arrested on outstanding warrant

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A female was arrested and booked into Long Beach Jail on a $100,000 misdemeanor warrant on March 22, according to the University Police activity log.

University Police originally received a call about the woman due to her alleged disorderly conduct during the meeting.

Once police arrived, they discovered that the woman had an outstanding warrant for $100,000 by the city of Long Beach. She was arrested and booked in the Long Beach jail. It was unclear if the woman had any affiliation to CSULB, according to the Daily 49er.

Elderly Man faints at Library

ORCA
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An elderly man lost conscious at the University Library at noon on March 25, Police and Fire transported him to Long Beach Memorial Hospital, according to the University Police log.

The man was attending the George Deukmejian speech and lunch-in. The gentleman was said to be climbing the stairs behind the circulation desk in the library lobby leading to the robotic book storage system called ORCA. He fainted once he reached the top of the stairs to ORCA.

Others attending the lunch-in were able to watch on the T.V. inside of Starbucks as Police and Fire checked him out.

"He looked just fine walking up the stairs; he didn’t look like he was struggling at all. It's scary how something like that can just happen to someone." said Brea Boyd.

The lunch-in continued in the lobby of the library as the man was wheeled out on a gurney and oxygen mask.