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By Rosney Herrera | Published by November 18, 2021 Kean University has been fertile ground for a series of emergency “fire” alarms and medical emergencies during the week of Oct. 15-19, according to the Kean University Police blotter. On the morning of Oct. 15, a fire alarm went off at Freshman Residence Hall, resulting in a few minutes of panic […]
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By: T. Celeste. Mann | Published Sept. 27, 2016 Sept. 1 Police reported that an unknown person took a victim’s laptop from a backpack around 10 a.m. in Sozio Hall. An unidentified person took a PBA shield, phone charger and coins from a victim’s vehicle in Vaughn Eames around 8 p.m., police reported. Sept. 2 Police reportedly arrested a person […]
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By: Yuri Smishkewych | Published April 21, 2016 Kean graduate and self-proclaimed activist Kayla Simone-McKelvey admitted to tweeting numerous threats that left the Kean community “in a state of fear and panic” last November. McKelvey, 25, pleaded guilty to a charge of creating a false public alarm before Superior Court Judge William Daniel on April 18,the Union County Prosecutor’s Office […]
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By: Celeste Simmons | Published March 31, 2016 There were a total of 36 thefts on campus in the span of two months last semester, including a stolen car from the Vaughn Eames parking lot in October and dozens of reports of stolen laptops and bags. In last month’s police blotter published in The Tower, 13 thefts occurred, resulting in the […]
Read moreBy Celeste Simmons | Published Dec. 10, 2015 After the racially charged threats that took place on the night of Nov 17, campus security has been a major topic at Kean. The Elert See Say app may help students feel safer on campus. The escort service on the app works by pressing down on a little circle until you have reached […]
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By: Yuri Smishkewych | Published on Nov. 25, 2015 In so far, here are the events that occurred on the night of Nov. 17 and in the days following the threats made against Kean students on Twitter. Nov. 17 9:30 p.m. About ten Kean students gathered peacefully at the clock tower in response to the “racial injustices happening on campus as […]
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By: Nicole Brown | Published October 22, 2015 The next time you come in contact with a Kean police officer you may want to smile and say cheese. That’s because the officer is wearing a camera. In March, Kean University became one of the first public colleges in New Jersey to equip their police officers with body cameras, according to Kean Lieutenant Vincent Kearney, […]
Read moreBy Yuri Smishkewych | Posted September 29, 2015 Although the semester had not started yet, a false alarm proved the readiness of campus police in case of an emergency situation. On Freshman Move-In day, in the hubbub of students carting their belongings from the parking lot to their future homes for the semester, an alert Desk Assistant at Whiteman Hall promptly called campus police after observing a man with […]
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Photo of suspect at Military Park Train Station in Newark and 7-Eleven in Elizabeth, N.J. By Sade Cox Campus police are investigating two reported thefts in Hennings Hall and the Nancy Thompson Library that investigators believe are connected and which led to one University professor’s stolen credit card being used to purchase expensive monthly commuter train tickets. The Department of […]
Read moreBy Timothy Awojobi and Sade Cox After becoming aware of the ongoing sale of “bogus” tickets happening in and around Kean University, there was a mass emergency email sent out by Kean University Police on Oct.3 that alerted all students and faculty. During the last couple of months, students were interrupted by strangers walking into their classrooms to lecture about […]
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