7 crimes in 2022 reported at 3 universities in Mesa
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Crimes were reported in 2022 at Arizona State University Polytechnic Campus, A.T. Still University’s School of Osteopathic Medicine and at Benedictine University-Mesa. There were no crimes, arrests or referrals in 2022 at ASU at Mesa City Center, California Aeronautical University, Carrington College, Chandler-Gilbert Community College’s Williams campus, Northern Arizona University at MCC or Pima Medical Institute, all in Mesa.
In 2022, there were three crimes on campus including a rape at Arizona State University Polytechnic Campus, one crime on campus and one at a non-campus building or property at A.T. Still University’s School of Osteopathic Medicine, and two on non-campus property at Benedictine University-Mesa, according to federally mandated campus-security reports released in October.
There were two arrests in 2022, both at Benedictine University-Mesa for drug-law violations on non-campus property.
There were more than 40 disciplinary referrals in 2022: seven for drugs and 26 for alcohol at ASU’s Polytechnic Campus; and one drug-law violation and nine liquor-law violations at Benedictine University-Mesa.
There were no crimes, arrests or referrals in 2022 at ASU at Mesa City Center, California Aeronautical University, Carrington College, Chandler-Gilbert Community College’s Williams campus, Northern Arizona University at MCC or Pima Medical Institute, all in Mesa.
Statistics must be reported
The Student Right to Know and Campus Security Act of 1990, renamed The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security and Crime Statistics Act, was enacted by Congress and signed into law in November 1990. In 1992, 2000, 2008 and 2013, Congress amended the law via the Higher Education Opportunity and Violence Against Women acts, which expanded the reporting criteria.
Jeanne Clery was 19 when she was raped and murdered in her college dormitory. Her parents, Connie and Howard Clery, could not have known the danger she was in; standards for campus crime reporting did not exist in 1986, according to clerycenter.org, the website for the nonprofit Clery Center.
“The Clery Act requires colleges and universities that receive federal funding to disseminate a public annual security report to employees and students every Oct. 1. This ASR must include statistics of campus crime for the preceding three calendar years, plus details about efforts taken to improve campus safety,” according to the website.
Crimes that are required to be listed by the colleges are, according to the report:
Murder/non-negligent manslaughter;
Negligent manslaughter;
Rape;
Fondling;
Incest;
Statutory rape;
Robbery;
Aggravated assault;
Burglary;
Motor vehicle theft;
Arson;
Domestic violence;
Dating violence;
Stalking.
It also includes crimes handled by local police, such as liquor, drug and weapon violations; and hate crimes.
ASU Polytechnic Campus
The Arizona State University Polytechnic Campus is at 7001 E. Williams Field Road in Mesa.
Under crimes, there were the following:
In 2022, one rape and two arson incidents on campus;
In 2021, one fondling incident on campus; one robbery on campus in student housing; and three burglaries on campus including one in student housing; and
In 2020, two burglaries on campus in student housing; and one motor-vehicle theft on campus.
There were no Violence Against Women Act offenses reported in 2022 and 2021; and two stalking incidents in 2020.
Under arrests, there were none in 2022; two for drugs on campus in student housing in 2021; and six for drugs in 2020, with one on campus, two on campus in student housing and three on public property.
Under referrals, in 2022 there were seven on campus for drugs, six of which were in student housing; and 26 for alcohol, all on campus in student housing. In 2021 there were nine for drugs on campus in student housing and 24 for alcohol on campus, with 23 of those in student housing. In 2020, there were 10 for drugs and 11 for alcohol on campus in student housing.
There were no hate crimes or unfounded crimes reported in 2022, 2021 or 2020.
An unfounded crime is where sworn or commissioned law-enforcement personnel have fully investigated the reported crime and, based on the results of the investigation and evidence, have made a formal determination that the crime report is false or baseless and therefore “unfounded,” it states in the report.
In fall 2022, the ASU Media and Immersive Experience center in Mesa opened and qualifies ASU at Mesa City Center, 50 N. Centennial Way, as a separate campus for Clery Act purposes.
ASU at Mesa City Center does not have on-campus student housing facilities.
There were no crimes, Violence Against Women Act offenses, arrests, referrals, hate crimes or unfounded crimes in 2022, the only year shown.
The campus of A.T. Still University’s School of Osteopathic Medicine is at 5850 E. Still Circle in Mesa. The campus does not have on-campus student housing facilities.
Under crimes, there were the following:
In 2022, one aggravated assault on campus and one burglary at a non-campus building or property.
In 2021, one aggravated assault on campus.
In 2020, one rape and one motor-vehicle theft at a non-campus building or property; and one aggravated assault on campus.
There was one arrest in 2021 for drug-abuse violations and no arrests in 2022 or 2020.
There were no hate crimes and no unfounded crimes for all three years.
The campus of Benedictine University-Mesa is at 225 E. Main St. and its residential facility is at 43 S. MacDonald St.
Under crimes, there were the following:
In 2022, one robbery and one aggravated assault on non-campus property;
In 2021, two burglaries on non-campus property; and
In 2020, one robbery and one aggravated assault on non-campus property.
Under arrests, in 2022 there were two for drug-law violations on non-campus property; none reported in 2021; and in 2020, one drug-law violation on campus and two on non-campus property.
Under disciplinary referrals, in 2022 there was one drug-law violation and nine liquor-law violations on campus at student housing facilities; and none listed for 2021 and 2020.
There were no Violence Against Women Act offenses, hate crimes or unfounded crimes in all three years.
The campus of California Aeronautical University, 4517 E. Mallory Circle Suite No. 115 at Falcon Field Airport in Mesa, opened in March 2021.
The on-campus facility provides classrooms, a lounge area and administrative offices. The Mesa branch does not have on-campus housing.
CAU does not have an internal police department but has an on-site administrator who is responsible for campus security, the 2023 annual security report states.
There were no criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions or unfounded crimes in 2022 or 2021.
Chandler-Gilbert Community College’s Williams campus is at 7360 E. Tahoe Ave. in Mesa, near Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport.
Under crimes colleges are required to list, there were the following at Chandler-Gilbert Community College’s Williams campus:
In 2022, no crimes;
In 2021, two motor-vehicle thefts on campus; and
In 2020, one motor-vehicle theft on campus.
In 2020 there were three drug arrests, 10 drug referrals and 11 alcohol referrals on campus; two drug arrests on non-campus property; and three drug arrests on public property. There were no arrests or referrals in 2021 or 2022.
There were no hate crimes and no unfounded crimes in all three years.
NAU is at Mesa Community College’s campus at 1833 W. Southern Ave. The campus does not have any on-campus student housing facilities or any non-campus buildings or property.
Under crimes, in 2020 there were nine motor-vehicle thefts. There were no crimes in 2022 or 2021.
There were no arrests, referrals, hate crimes or unfounded crimes in all three years.
Meet Richard Richard Dyer has worked at Independent Newsmedia Inc. USA since 1987, starting his career in Apache Junction as a copy editor and being promoted over the years to work as the editor of the Mesa Independent, news services editor for the East Valley office in Apache Junction, managing editor for the East Valley office, news services editor for the East Valley office and eventually also for the newspapers at INI’s then-Chandler office, managing editor again and as a news editor covering Apache Junction/Gold Canyon and Queen Creek. He helped start the Florence Independent while the news editor covering Apache Junction and Mesa news. In January 2023, he became associate managing editor for the East Valley newspapers and in August 2023 became managing editor for the East Valley newspapers of Chandler/Tempe, Gilbert, Queen Creek, Florence, Mesa and Apache Junction/Gold Canyon, while also reporting on Mesa and Apache Junction/Gold Canyon.
Community: Since 2009, he has worked as a volunteer to design The Blue Guitar Magazine, Blue Guitar Jr. magazine and Unstrung magazine, which are projects of The Arizona Consortium for the Arts; and since 2014, has been overseeing the art submissions.
Education: University of Arizona with a master of arts in journalism and a bachelor of science in agricultural communication. Also continuing education at Mesa Community College in welding in a metal art sculpture class.
Random fact: Saw his first tornado on May 31, 2010, which was classified as an EF-2, as part of a stormchasing tour group.
Hobbies: He is an artist of welded-steel sculptures, selling his artwork at juried and non-juried art shows.
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