NEWS
By Brent Jones | August 1, 2008
University of Maryland campus police in College Park alerted students and workers of a possible cougar sighting reported near the wooded areas of the Comcast Center and Arena Drive yesterday. A university police spokesman said the department received a call about 6 a.m. yesterday from a maintenance worker who said he had seen a 4-foot-long, light tan and tawny brown animal with a 4-foot tail. The description of the animal, which would weigh about 50 pounds, fits that of a cougar, according to campus police.
SPORTS
By Christian Ewell and Christian Ewell,SUN STAFF | October 5, 2001
COLLEGE PARK - Maryland linebacker E.J. Henderson was indefinitely demoted from his starting position after being cited for a DWI violation by the school's campus police, head coach Ralph Friedgen said yesterday. On Monday, Friedgen took the action on Henderson - a junior and Aberdeen High School grad - after he was cited on early Sunday morning in a parking lot off Chapel Drive, following Maryland's win over West Virginia. According to a campus police spokesman, Henderson took a field sobriety and Breathalyzer test (the results were not released)
NEWS
By Tim Craig and Tim Craig,SUN STAFF | July 28, 2001
The artistic producer of the Maryland Arts Festival at Towson University has been charged with two counts of possessing child pornography and one count of storing child pornography after police discovered the material on one of the school's laptop computers, according to court documents. Michael J. Decker, who also is a professor of fine arts at Towson, was arrested Thursday after he surrendered to campus police. He was released the same day after posting a $15,000 bond. Decker, 50, of Rehoboth Beach, Del., was unavailable for comment yesterday.
NEWS
By Ruben Castaneda, The Washington Post | April 21, 2010
University of Maryland officials produced video footage Wednesday from a school-operated camera that had been subpoenaed by attorneys for a student who was beaten by Prince George's County police, images that officials originally said they could not find. Lawyers for the student thought footage could be crucial in filling in the blanks of what happened March 3, when students took to the streets after the university's men's basketball team defeated Duke. More than two dozen people were arrested after confrontations with police.
NEWS
By Alison Matas, The Baltimore Sun | February 18, 2013
University of Maryland, Eastern Shore officials on Monday said state police are investigating assertions that campus officers took an extended period of time to respond to the fatal stabbing of a student during homecoming weekend. Edmond A. St. Clair, 21, of Severn was stabbed on the Princess Anne campus Saturday night. St. Clair's family has said that it took too long for police to help him and that the assailants lingered at the scene after the stabbing. Campus spokesman Bill Robinson said state police are constructing a timeline.
NEWS
By Steve Kilar, The Baltimore Sun | April 4, 2012
Prosecutors on Tuesday filed seven additional charges against the teen who police say threatened to go on a shooting rampage at the University of Maryland, College Park last month. In addition to disturbing the administration of activities and classes at the college, Alexander G. Song 2nd, 19, has been accused of charges including making false statements, misusing university facilities and equipment, sending harassing email and disturbing the peace, according to a statement from campus police.