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Thursday, Jan. 15, 1998

Police log
Thursday, Jan. 15, 1998

  • Arrest: Darriel D. King was arrested Tuesday for theft, theft by deception, credit card fraud and criminal mischief after an investigation, University Police Services said.

    King, of 407 Hill Drive, is accused of stealing credit cards from a University student's dorm room between Jan. 9 and 10, University police said.

    King was invited into the student's room before the theft occurred, University police said. King was arraigned before District Justice Carmine Prestia, and is being held in Centre County Prison in lieu of $10,000 bail, University police said.

  • Criminal Mischief: Two separate incidents of damage to traffic diverters occurred late Monday night and late Tuesday night, the State College Police Department said.

    State College police officers found a wooden post, part of a traffic diverter, broken Tuesday morning at the corner of North Allen Street and Adams Street. A neighborhood resident reported to police Tuesday that another post at the same intersection was broken, State College police said.

    Officers discovered two more posts broken later that night at the intersection of North Burrowes Street and Hillcrest Avenue. The public works department has been alerted of the damage to the diverters, State College police said.

  • Disorderly Conduct: A student reported someone firing a BB gun at pedestrians from the fifth floor of Mifflin Hall, University police said. Two students were apprehended, questioned and later released, University police said.

    The case is still under investigation.



In case of an emergency, on or off campus, dial 911. For business and nonemergency calls, call the State College Police Department at 234-7150 and University Police Services at 863-1111.

State College police are located at 118 S. Fraser St. in the Municipal Building.

University police are located in the Eisenhower Parking Garage on campus.

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