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Crime log: International student targeted in fraudulent phone calls

Fraud 1D/Fraud

Off Campus
11/6/2020 – 5:07 p.m.
Closed Case

A female international student reported being the victim of fraud. Multiple suspects called the student three times, telling her that she was under an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigation. The subjects requested that the victim send them gift cards to end the investigation. The Arlington County Police Department drafted a report.

– Off-campus incident.

Fraud 2D/Fraud

Off Campus
10/25/2020 – 4:00 p.m.
Closed Case

A female student reported her identity stolen by an unknown subject who opened an unauthorized bank account.

– Off-campus incident.

Simple Assault

Public Property On Campus (2200 Block of Pennsylvania Avenue)
11/8/2020 – 6:34 a.m.
Closed Case

GW Police Department officers responded to a report of simple assault. An unknown male subject punched a non-GW affiliated female complainant in the head. The complainant filed an initial report with the Metropolitan Police Department. Upon a second sighting of the subject later that day, the complainant called GWPD, which called MPD. MPD officers responded to the scene and placed the subject under arrest. GWPD officers issued the subject a bar notice.

– Subject arrested.

Theft II/All Other Larceny

The Shops at 2000 Penn (Duke’s Grocery)
11/12/20 – 11:43 a.m.
Open Case

An unknown suspect stole $560.25 and fled in an unknown direction, according to a MPD report.

– Case open.

Urinating or Defecating in Public, Resisting Arrest

Private Property within Campus Bound (2000 Block of G Street)
11/12/2020 – 1:39 p.m.
Closed Case

A GWPD officer observed a non-GW affiliated subject urinating. The subject refused to cooperate with police, attempted to flee and physically resisted arrest. GWPD officers issued the subject a bar notice, and MPD officers arrived on scene to arrest the subject and transport him to the Second District police station.

– Subject arrested.

– Compiled by Kateryna Stepanenko.

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