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The Cleveland Stater police blotter is a summary of the CSU Police Department incident log for September 2025.
CSU POLICE DEPARTMENT BLOTTER - SEPTEMBER 2025
A simplified report of events featured on the CSU Police Department crime log for the month of September.
September 30
- Supervisory smoke alarm at Euclid Commons Building 3.
- Criminal damaging or endangering, petty theft and motor vehicle trespass at South Lots: 27 lot.
September 29
- Fire alarm at Langston Apartments.
- Theft and motor vehicle trespass at Core Lots: Central Garage.
September 28
- Theft at Rhodes Tower.
- Supervisory smoke alarm at Euclid Commons Building 1 and 2.
September 27
- Supervisory smoke alarm at Euclid Commons Building 1 and 3.
September 24
- Theft at the Langston Apartments.
September 23
- Aggravated menacing at the Campus Safety Building.
- Assault and disorderly conduct at The Student Center.
- Motor vehicle trespass and petty theft at Core Lots: Central Garage.
September 21
- Supervisory smoke alarm at Euclid Commons Building 3.
- Fire alarm at the Law Library.
- Motor vehicle trespass, criminal damaging/endangering and theft at the Langston Apartments.
- Obstructing official business, obstructing justice, resisting arrest and carrying concealed weapon at The Student Center.
- Motor vehicle trespass and criminal damaging/endangering at the North Lots: 51.
September 19
- Supervisory smoke alarm at Euclid Commons Building 1.
- Motor vehicle trespass and criminal damaging or endangering at West Garage.
- Disorderly conduct at Rascal House.
- Misdemeanor warrant(s), theft, obstructing official business and criminal damaging/endangering off campus.
September 18
- Motor vehicle trespass, theft and criminal damaging/endangering at West Garage.
- Traffic stop and flee off campus.
- Theft in Berkman Hall.
- Motor vehicle trespass and theft at East Garage.
- Theft at the Langston Apartments.
September 17
- Supervisory smoke alarm at Euclid Commons Building 3.
- Petty theft off campus at Cafe Ah-Roma.
September 16
- Supervisory smoke alarm at Euclid Commons Building 4.
September 15
- Criminal damaging or endangering at West Garage.
- Menacing and obstructing official business at The Student Center.
September 14
- Petty theft and motor vehicle trespass at West Garage.
September 13
- Criminal menacing at Euclid Commons.
- Petty theft and motor vehicle trespass at West Garage.
- Supervisory smoke alarm at Euclid Commons.
September 12
- Public indecency and criminal trespass at Berkman Hall.
- Criminal damaging or endangering at Langston Apartments.
September 11
- Telecommunications harassment at Euclid Commons Building 4.
September 9
- Assault off campus.
- Criminal damaging or endangering in Prospect Garage.
September 8
- A supervisory smoke alarm at Euclid Commons Building 4.
- Assault in Berkman Hall.
- Public indecency in Berkman Hall.
- Obstructing official business in Berkman Hall.
- Resisting arrest in Berkman Hall.
September 7
- Two supervisory smoke alarms at Euclid Commons Building 2.
- A supervisory smoke alarm at Euclid Commons Building 1.
- A supervisory smoke alarm at Euclid Commons Building 4.
September 6
- Theft at North Lot 52.
- Criminal damaging or endangering at North Lot 52.
- Receiving stolen property at North Lot 52.
- A supervisory smoke alarm at Euclid Commons Building 4.
September 4
- Criminal damaging or endangering at Central Garage.
- Three supervisory smoke alarms at Euclid Commons Building 4.
September 1
- A supervisory smoke alarm at Euclid Commons Building 4.
- A supervisory smoke alarm at Euclid Commons Building 2.
- Vandalism, theft, motor vehicle trespass and criminal tools at West Garage.
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