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Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

The Student News Site of Northern Illinois University

Northern Star

Campus blotter for 2/2/12

By Northern Star Staff | February 1, 2012

The following was taken from the University Police. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The University Police Department provides police reports on the Web at finfacil.niu.edu/PublicSafety. Sunday At 2:12 p.m.,...

Campus blotter for 2/1/12

By Northern Star Staff | January 31, 2012

The following was taken from the University Police. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The University Police Department provides police reports on the Web at finfacil.niu.edu/PublicSafety. At 10:31 a.m., an individual...

Campus blotter for 1/31/12

By Northern Star Staff | January 30, 2012

The following was taken from the University Police. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The University Police Department provides police reports on the Web at finfacil.niu.edu/PublicSafety. Jan. 22 At 8:41 p.m.,...

Campus blotter for 1/26/12

By Northern Star Staff | January 25, 2012

The following was taken from the University Police. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The University Police Department provides police reports on the Web at finfacil.niu.edu/PublicSafety. Sunday At 12:21 a.m.,...

Campus blotter for 1/24/12

By Northern Star Staff | January 23, 2012

The following was taken from the University Police. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The University Police Department provides police reports on the Web at finfacil.niu.edu/PublicSafety. Friday At 9:34 a.m.,...

Campus blotter for 1/23/12

By Northern Star Staff | January 22, 2012

The following was taken from the University Police. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The University Police Department provides police reports on the Web at finfacil.niu.edu/PublicSafety. Thursday At 8:14 p.m.,...

Campus blotter for 1/19/12

By Northern Star Staff | January 18, 2012

The following was taken from the University Police. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The University Police Department provides police reports on the Web at finfacil.niu.edu/PublicSafety. TUESDAY At 11:07 p.m.,...

Andrew Rifkin

Former NIU Police officer accused of sexually assaulting student

By Andrea Azzo | November 2, 2011

A former NIU Police officer was charged Tuesday for sexually assaulting a female student. Andrew Rifkin is accused of criminal sexual assault, said Victor Escarcida, DeKalb County assistant state's attorney. The victim, an NIU student, filed a complaint...

A search dog was dispatched at Barsema Hall, 740 Garden Road,
after a bomb threat was reported at 11 a.m. Monday morning.

No bomb found at Barsema despite threat

By Chelsey Boutan & Shelby Devitt | October 31, 2011

After receiving a bomb threat Monday, NIU police evacuated and searched Barsema Hall but didn't find an explosive. NIU Police Sgt. Alan Smith said the NIU police department's dispatch center received a phone call from an employee at Barsema Hall at 10:36...

Police report indicates DeKalb is getting safer

September 14, 2011

According to the DeKalb Police Department's Annual Report, from 2009 to 2010, sex offenses and burglary have both dropped 8 percent, theft dropped 13 percent and criminal sexual assault dropped 2 percent."As time allows, we have tried to focus on being...

Unclaimed items on NIU Police auction block

By Ross Hettel | September 8, 2011

Bicylces, jewelry, iPods and books are going on the auction block Sunday morning at the east side of the Huskie football stadium. Once every semester, the NIU Police Department holds an auction of lost and found items that haven't been claimed after a...

Feithen: DeKalb's perception as unsafe may be unfounded

Feithen: DeKalb’s perception as unsafe may be unfounded

By Dave Gong | September 6, 2011

DeKalb's problem with drugs and violence may be more perception than reality, said DeKalb Police Chief Bill Feithen. Feithen said three high-profile incidents that have occurred in DeKalb within the last few years -the Feb. 14, 2008 shooting at Cole Hall,...

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