Law & Order: GWU

Up first, a case of harassment that all began in front of the GW Hospital. Here’s how the story goes: a female GW student befriended an Arabic-speaking stranger she met at the Foggy Bottom Metro stop. Since she, herself, speaks broken Arabic, the two began conversing. The exchange ultimately ended in the student giving the stranger her cell phone number. Here’s the catch: now he doesn’t stop calling her. After repeatedly rebuffing his attempts to pursue a relationship, she contacted UPD. There is no word on whether the conflict has been resolved.

Next, a fight in front of Funger and Duques halls…A UPD supervisor on patrol caught sight of two male GW students engaged in a scuffle on the ground. The officer approached the subjects and gave an order to separate. One of the individuals attempted to flee and was quickly detained. As the story goes, the defiant male had been drinking excessively earlier in the evening. After the other individual (an acquaintance) told him he had too much to drink, the subject lashed out. Due to the fact that the intoxicated subject was resistant, foaming at the mouth and swearing, he was arrested and transported to the local detox center to sober up.

Well, concerned employees at the GW University Inn contacted University Police after they discovered a loaded .22 caliber revolver in one of the guest rooms. It turned out that a male patron had checked out and left the handgun in a nightstand. Metropolitan Police eventually confiscated the firearm and brought it to the 2^nd District for storage.

A frightening experience for a female GW student…Here’s how the story goes: after she boarded a Metro train at L’Enfant Plaza, the young woman sat down next to a suspicious male. Soon after the train left the station, the individual began touching her knee and ultimately ran his hand up her skirt. The complainant yelled, quickly changed seats and left the train at Foggy Bottom. But the story doesn’t end there. The suspect followed her all the way to Academic Center where she swiped in with a GWorld card. He left shortly thereafter and she later informed UPD of the incident. That case is still open tonight.

And last, but certainly not least, UPD responded to HOVA graduate housing after a health and safety inspector reported that a resident had become combative. It is alleged that the inspector attempted to remove a halogen light from the premises (the possession of such is a breach of university policy) not before a grabbing match broke out between the employee and the lamp’s owner. UPD ultimately arrived and the female subject had no other choice but to turn over the lamp.

- Jared Pliner