A resident assistant in Abbottsford Hall has been connected to four burglaries in the residence hall, according to the Department of Public Safety. Two students noticed their missing personal items in their resident assistant’s room while filling out paperwork last week. The students went to their hall director to report they had seen two pieces [...]

May 3 At 10:32 a.m., Department of Public Safety officers met with a student who reported that an unknown person removed his attended, unsecured MUID in McCormick Hall and charged an estimated $1.50 without his consent. Milwaukee Police Department assistance was declined. May 4 At 1:47 p.m., DPS officers met with a student who reported [...]

April 30 At 2:41 p.m., a student reported that an unknown person removed her unsecured, unattended property from the Alumni Memorial Union. Department of Public Safety officers met with the student who reported that she left her laptop computer on a table on the second floor near the entrance of Marquette Place. The loss is estimated at [...]

April 26 At  9:45 p.m., a student was found in possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia in Carpenter Tower. Hall staff notified the Department of Public Safety after they detected the scent of marijuana on the fifth floor. The student admitted to smoking when asked by officers if he was using marijuana in his [...]

Dilapidated houses, high-density apartment projects and empty lots are a common sight in some parts of Milwaukee. Areas across the city have seen massive property foreclosures and loan defaulting. From 2007 to 2008, Milwaukee mortgage holders filed more than 10,000 foreclosure petitions. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development reports that there were more [...]