Police reports

Surge in alcohol-related arrests during move-in weekend

Between Aug. 26 and Aug. 29, Newark police made 49 alcohol-related arrests and 29 noise and disorderly premise arrests, according to the city's weekly departmental report.

Officers found more than 100 people on at least three of the disorderly premises and issued numerous warnings.

Two females fight at Kildare's Restaurant

A female patron and a female waitress exchanged punches early Wednesday morning at Kildare's Irish Pub on Main Street.

Police arrived at the scene at 12:49 a.m. and discovered the two females had hit each other before the officers arrived at the scene. Neither woman wished to press charges, according to police.

Two women fight, pull hair in the Galleria parking lot

After exchanging words in Grotto Pizza, two women began to fight in the Galleria parking lot early Wednesday morning, according to the police department's weekly report. A Grotto Pizza staff member asked one of the females to leave in an attempt to break up the suspects' verbal argument.

At 12:49 a.m., Newark police responded to a call reporting a fight in the downtown parking lot. After arriving at the scene, an officer observed the two suspects punching each other, pulling each other's hair and rolling around on the pavement.

Officers then separated the two women, took them into custody and charged them.

Sex offender banned from campus

Alex H. Baldwin, a Tier 1 registered sex offender with a history of violent behavior, has been officially banned from campus.

According to university police, Baldwin, 39, was arrested Aug. 20 for trespassing in front of the Academy building on Main Street, but has since been released. He was given an unconditional trespass warning after making frequent visits to the computer laboratory in Smith Hall.

Police ask anyone who sees Baldwin to call (302) 831-2222.

Photos and videos of pepper spray street robbery suspects released

Newark police released photos and video of the two female suspects allegedly involved in the pepper spray street robbery that occurred on Saturday, Aug. 28 on North Chapel Street.

The images come from video surveillance cameras at the Wawa at 1741 Elkton Road and were taken shortly after the robbery. They show the two suspects using one of the victim's credit cards.