Emergency & Crime Alerts

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Death Investigation

On January 26, 2012, at approximately 11:45am, Palo Alto Police and Palo Alto Fire Department responded to a report of a possible dead body in the groves by Palo Road adjacent to Hoover Pavilion. Emergency personnel confirmed the individual was deceased. Investigators do not believe there is any threat to the community. Any further information will be released by the Palo Alto Police Department through their website at: www.cityofpaloalto.org/depts/pol.

Posted 01/26/12

Crime Alert - Peeping Incident - January 23, 2012

On Monday evening, January 23, 2012, a female victim reported to the Stanford Police that at approximately 8:00PM, while she was showering, she observed a subject put his hand under the bottom of the shower door in her residence and attempt to take a photograph of her. The incident occurred on the first floor of Crothers Hall in a gender neutral shower room. When the victim said something to the subject, he left the shower room. From the subject's hand, the victim thinks the subject is Caucasian and possibly a male.

Residents of Crothers Hall reported that three other similar incidents occurred in the same shower room since January 8, 2012. The other three incidents occurred on January 8, 2012 at 12:00PM, January 10, 2012 at 12:55AM and January 22, 2012 at approximately 2:30PM. These three incidents were not reported to the Stanford Police until January 23, 2012.

The Stanford Police strongly encourage people to lock their doors and windows. Please immediately report similar incidents and other suspicious activity to the police. Anyone with information relating to this crime is urged to call the Stanford Police at 650-723-9633 or 650-329-2413.

Additional information, if obtained, will be posted on the Community Crime Alerts page.

Posted 01/24/12

Update to Robbery

The Stanford police are continuing to investigate the robbery at Quillen Courtyard that was reported during the evening on Tuesday, November 29, 2011.

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to call our tipline at 650/725-2139.

The following is a sketch of the male suspect based on the victim's description.

Posted 11/30/11

Robbery

On Tuesday, 11/29/11 at approximately 8pm, a robbery took place in an apartment on the Quillen Courtyard in Escondido Village on the Stanford campus. The victim reported that a male and a female of Hispanic ethnicity forced their way into his apartment. The victim was physically unharmed. The suspects stole property from the apartment before leaving. Each suspect displayed a firearm.

The victim described the suspects as:

Male, Hispanic ethnicity, 20-30 years of age, medium build, last seen wearing a dark grey hooded sweatshirt.

Female, Hispanic ethnicity, 20-30 years of age, last seen wearing dark clothing.

Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Stanford Department of Public Safety (650)329-2413.

Additional information will be posted on the Stanford Department of Public Safety website (police.stanford.edu) as it becomes available.

Posted 11/29/11

Peeping Incident

On Friday afternoon, November 25, 2011, a male victim reported to the Stanford police that earlier in the day he had observed a male subject possibly video taping him in the shower of his residence at the ZAP House, one of the Cowell Cluster houses near Campus Drive and Bowdoin Lane.

The victim indicated that the incident occurred between 1:30 and 2pm in the afternoon. When confronted by the victim, the subject ran out of the restroom. The subject was described by the victim as possibly being a hispanic male; there was no further description.

The Stanford Police strongly encourages people to lock their doors and windows. Notify the police immediately if you see suspicious activity. Any one with information relating to this crime is urged to call the Stanford Police at 650-329-2413.

Posted 11/25/11

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