A judge sentenced a former UCLA personal assistant to two years in state prison Wednesday for embezzling about $80,000 from a university bank account. Casandra Carmen Jones, a temporary personal assistant who stole money from a university account for more than a year, pleaded no contest to one count of grand theft of personal property, said Ricardo Santiago, a district attorney spokesperson. Read more...
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March 29, 2:44 pm
Former UCLA employee sentenced to two years in prison for embezzlement
Crime, News, Westwood
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March 14, 10:17 pm
Preliminary hearing concludes for men accused of killing UCLA student
Two men accused of killing UCLA student Andrea “Andy” DelVesco in the summer of 2015 will be arraigned a second time after their preliminary hearing concluded Monday. Read more...
Photo: Steve Cron, Eric Marquez's lawyer, examines evidence alongside deputy district attorney Victor Avila pertaining to Andrea "Andy" DelVesco's death. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
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March 10, 9:15 pm
Preliminary hearing begins for suspects charged with murder of student
Two men accused of murdering a UCLA student looked on silently at a preliminary hearing Thursday as witnesses testified seeing them outside the apartment complex where Andrea “Andy” DelVesco was found dead Sept. Read more...
Photo: Deputy District Attorney Victor Avila, the prosecutor for the case, questioned witnesses on the charges of murder and burglary. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
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February 23, 11:28 am
Man reported peeping into student’s Kelton Avenue apartment
University police are searching for a man who was seen peeping into a UCLA student’s North Village apartment Tuesday morning. The student said a man looked into her apartment window on Kelton Avenue near Levering Avenue at 4 a.m., according to a UCPD alert. Read more...
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February 19, 5:10 pm
Police arrested man on charges of robbery in Westwood
Police arrested a man Feb. 4 accused of robbing six people in Westwood Village since September. Los Angeles police arrested Dennis Toliver on Westwood Boulevard and Kinross Avenue, said LAPD detective Luz Glorioso. Read more...
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February 19, 10:52 am
UCPD looking for person responsible for burglary at Sigma Phi Epsilon
University police are searching for a person who entered a UCLA fraternity house on Landfair Avenue on Thursday and stole two laptops, a game console and cash. Read more...
Photo: UCPD is searching for a burglar who entered the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity house on Land- fair Avenue and stole two laptops, a game console and cash (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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February 18, 1:36 pm
Westwood BID recap – Feb. 18
The Westwood Village Improvement Association, also known as the BID, is a nonprofit organization tasked with improving the state of Westwood Village. The BID was created by property and business owners in August 2011 to provide Westwood Village with functions the City of Los Angeles could not provide. Read more...