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
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
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 […]
Weed Eaters, Drug Deals, & False Alarms: Weekend Campus Crime Report
Crime reports released by the Texas Tech Police Department for March 22-24, 2013 March 22 A Texas Tech Officer investigated criminal mischief, which occurred in the Zone 2-D parking lot. An unknown person(s) smeared toothpaste on a vehicle, causing minor damage A Texas Tech Officer documented damaged property, which occurred in the R-31 parking lot. […]