He allegedly used some of the money to pay his mortgage.
Newsday reports:
Ex-Stony Brook professor pleads guilty to stealing cancer research funds
A former professor at the medical school at Stony Brook University pleaded guilty Tuesday in connection with diverting $225,000 in grant money meant for cancer research to pay his mortgage and...
An illegal alien has been arrested in the rape and murder of a 92-year-old woman in New York City. The suspect had been detained by the NYPD but was released prior to the crime despite an ICE detainer.
This story is every bit as insane as the headline suggests.
The Boston Herald reports:
IRS agent guilty of raping drunk college student at gunpoint gets 8 years
A Bos...
One week after New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) made declaring war on $30 Domino’s pizzas his first priority of the new year, he finally got back to the priorities that matter more to New Yorkers.
So, too, has New York’s Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D).
This is reportedly a case of a spurned lover. Sounds a little crazy.
The College Fix reports:
Mount Holyoke College art professor charged with attempted murder
An art professor from Massachusetts’ Mount Holyoke College is under arrest for the late-December attempted murder of a peer who allegedly had spurned her affections.
According to the Daily...
This story is just as bizarre as the headline suggests.
Oregon Live reports:
Ex-University of Portland employee pleads not guilty in baseball bat attack on college VP
A former University of Portland employee who was angry about how the college handled his daughter’s sexual assault allegation has pleaded not guilty to a single assault...
As Mary blogged earlier this week, New York City has seen an alarming rise in anti-Semitic attacks. The most recent is a horrifying machete attack in Monsey, a town about an hour north of New York City, that left five people wounded.
Sounds like someone is due for a psychological evaluation.
The Indiana Daily Student reports:
IU senior arrested following string of arsons on campus
The Indiana University Police Department arrested an IU senior after investigating numerous campus arsons this month.
Alekhya Koppineni, 21, was charged Wednesday morning with 10 felony counts of arson, according to a...
An actress named Jennifer Agostini left a New York City bar in the early morning hours last weekend with friends when a mob yelling racial slurs allegedly attacked them.
Fortunately, police got involved here before anything weird could happen.
Campus Reform reports:
Armed and masked student arrested at Marquette University conservative event
A Marquette University student was arrested after police responded to reports of...
Sweden’s third-largest city Malmo is turning into a Third-World war zone, Germany’s state-owned Deutsche Welle admitted. Malmo, Sweden’s third-largest city, had “more in common with Baghdad than with other European cities,” the broadcaster reported on Saturday.
Just days ago, Syracuse University’s chancellor said the school believes recent racist activity on campus was a hoax.
USA Today reports:
Arrest made at Syracuse, chancellor bows to student demands as racist hate incidents continue
The Syracuse Police Department has made an arrest after a series of new graffiti markings were discovered on school...
How ironic. If convicted, he is facing up to 20 years in prison.
The Miami New Times reports:
University of Miami Money-Laundering Expert Charged With Money Laundering
For years, Bruce M. Bagley has taught in the University of Miami’s International Studies program. He’s one of the nation’s foremost experts on money laundering in...
This is like Breaking Bad in real life. To make matters worse, the alleged activity was happening in the school science center.
Action News JAX reports:
Two university chemistry professors arrested on suspicion of making meth
A pair of chemistry professors at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, were arrested on suspicion of manufacturing...
This Atlantic article describes how home surveillance cameras have helped catch thieves who steal packages – predominantly Amazon packages – from porches in a San Francisco neighborhood. The attitude of the author is somewhat ambiguous, but as best I can determine she seems to lean slightly more towards sympathy with the...
Crimes happen on college campuses all the time, but you don’t hear about armed robbers tying up their victims every day.
The Poughkeepsie Journal reports:
Vassar students bound in armed robbery on campus: College
Vassar College says a group of its students were bound and their campus townhouse was burglarized on Halloween night.
The school...
Alexander Urtula, 22, committed suicide on May 20, 2019, just hours before he was to graduate from Boston College. His girlfriend—Inyoung You, 21, of South Korea—has been indicted for involuntary manslaughter in his death.
