Community Crime Alerts

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Community Crime Alerts are reports of major criminal incidents on the campus that could potentially affect the larger Stanford community. While such crimes are not indicative of life on campus, it is important to be aware of them when they do occur and to take the appropriate precautions.

The following crime alerts were put out by the Stanford University Department of Public Safety during the academic year of 2005-2006. Crime Alerts are listed according to the most recent incident.

Armed Robbery - May 2006

The Stanford Department of Public Safety has increased the number of personnel patrolling campus in response to two recent armed robberies on campus. The most recent armed robbery took place on May 15th, at approximately 11:30pm. The victim, a male graduate student, was approached near the entrance to Crothers Memorial Hall by three men who asked him for directions. One of the suspects was armed with a handgun and instructed the victim to give him his money. The victim complied and the suspects left without causing physical harm to the victim. The suspects were last seen leaving the area in a red sedan, possibly a Saturn, on Escondido Road towards Campus Dr.

The victim described the suspects as follows:

Suspect #1 Suspect #2 Suspect #3
  • Black male in his early 20's, dark complexion.
  • 5'7" to 5'10"; 150 lbs; hair and eye color unknown; clean shaven.
  • Last seen wearing something on his head, unsure if it was a baseball hat, watch cap, bandanna etc.; dark flannel shirt; long, dark baggy pants.
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  • Black male in his early 20's, dark complexion.
  • 5'5" to 5'7"; heavy / chubby build; 240-250 lbs; hair and eye color unknown; clean shaven.
  • Last seen wearing a hat or cap; white t-shirt with some sort of logo on the front; either jean shorts or jean pants.
  • Armed with a black, semiautomatic handgun.
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  • Black male in his 20's, dark complexion.
  • 5'5" to 5'7", not chubby like Suspect #2 but not skinny like Suspect #1.
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    Based on information provided by the victim, a sketch artist was able to produce sketches of two of the suspects in the May 15th robbery. View suspect sketches from May 15, 2006.

    On May 10th, 2006 at about 10:00pm, Stanford experienced its first armed robbery in almost 6 years when a female undergraduate student was robbed at gunpoint in the parking lot adjacent to Toyon Hall. The victim in this robbery complied with the suspectsÂ’ demands for her money and was not physically harmed by the suspects.

    The victim described the suspects as follows:

    Suspect #1 Suspect #2
  • Black male, approximately 18 years of age.
  • 5'6", weighing approx 175 lbs with a medium build; dark eyes; short, black, curly hair; very short goatee.
  • Last seen wearing: a dark bandanna, worn like a sweat band on his head, a white long sleeve t-shirt, black baggy cargo pants.
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  • Black male, approximately 18 years of age.
  • 5' 9", weighing approx 175 lbs, with a medium build; dark eyes; short, black, curly hair; no facial hair
  • Last seen wearing: a dark baseball hat, black and white collared shirt with horizontal stripes, dark baggy pants.
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    A sketch artist was able to produce sketches of the suspects in the May 10th robbery based on information provided by the victim. View suspect sketches from May 10, 2006.

    Both cases are still under investigation and the suspects remain at large.


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