By Jessica Parrott Two Texas Tech University students, roommates Cole Guarisco and Hayden Hood, live on 28th Street, about three streets away from where a burglary occurred in October. During the burglary in the 3700 block of 28th Street, the suspect was shot in the abdomen by the homeowner. The students said they would have reacted the […]
Lubbock Police Department Develops Digital Map
March 6, 2016 by
By Victoria Landers In January, the Lubbock Police Department launched a free digital crime map, allowing citizens to view reported crimes in their neighborhoods. The map, which operates on RAIDS Online and is powered by BAIR Analytics, was created to give Lubbockites a simple way to see the types of crimes reported around them. “There are different vendors out […]
Holiday Away: Try To Make It Look Like Someone’s Home
December 10, 2015 by
By Carley Banks and Amber Berry Haley Driskill, a nursing student from Austin, who lives in Tech Terrace, recalls coming home to a broken back door. Missing were three televisions, a laptop, jewelry and a stove. “I think since there are a lot of college students in the area, people who are less fortunate tend to […]
Scream Look-alikes Alarm the Cottages
October 1, 2013 by
By Alicia Keene and Abbie Arroyos Recent stories about break-ins and burglaries near Kortni Robinson’s home at the Cottages of Lubbock in North Overton set her on edge, but nothing prepared her for the shock on her porch just hours before the government shutdown. As if from a bad horror flick, she screamed as two masked figures […]
