Archive for the ‘Crime’ Category

St. Patty’s Day Underage Drinking Raids

About two dozen people were busted for underage drinking at TD’s Sports Bar and Knight Library during St. Patrick’s Day festivities, according to a tipster who e-mailed KnightNews.com. KnightNews.com was waiting for confirmation from Florida’s Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco...
March 23rd, 2010 | Crime, News | Read More

Vortex Amazing is Back!

KnightNews.com crews have reported seeing the Vortex Amazing truck around the UCF campus. Last night it was out around University and Alafaya. According to its Facebook page, the Vortex is under new management. KnightNews.com is currently investigating whether or not Tom is still involved with it. We...
March 13th, 2010 | Crime, Entertainment | Read More

Key Knights Football Recruit Loses UCF Scholarship

UPDATE: UCF football Coach George O’Leary has released the Jose Jose from his scholarship, following reports by KnightNews.com and other media that he was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a firearm and carrying a concealed weapon. “I have decided to release Jose Jose from his...
March 9th, 2010 | Crime, Football | Read More

UCF’s Pot Supply May Go Dry After Major Bust

If you’re one of the many UCF students who smokes marijuana, you might have a hard time finding any, as the local supply just took a major hit. Suspected drug dealers across five Central Florida counties were hit simultaneously by drug investigators this morning as a six-month investigation came...
March 4th, 2010 | Crime, News | Read More

Would-Be Rapist Targets UCF Students with Flashlight

A female UCF student was targeted by a man deputies say is using a flashlight to apparently spook his victims and try and rape them, according to reports. The 18-year-old was victimized by the man on Saturday as she slept next to her boyfriend. She said the flashlight-toting intruder walked into the...
March 3rd, 2010 | Crime, Safety | Read More

False Hope in Search for UCF Sorority Alumna

Jennifer Kesse has been missing since 2006 ORLANDO, FL — What seemed like a gleam of hope in the search for missing University of Central Florida graduate Jennifer Kesse turned up nothing. Investigators launched a mass search for Kesse after receiving a tip from a caller. The search allegedly intensified...
February 23rd, 2010 | Crime, News | Read More

Fraternity Won’t Face Charges For Drug Bust

The Orlando Sentinel is reporting Delta Tau Delta will not be in trouble with UCF after one of its members was arrested on drug trafficking charges, after UCF police say they found drugs inside his apartment. UCF Police busted a UCF student at his off-campus apartment in a fraternity house Feb. 4 after...
February 12th, 2010 | Crime, News, UCF Greek Life | Read More

Research Parkway Shooting Leaves 2 Dead

UPDATE 2/10/10: KnightNews.com has obtained a copy of the 911 call that was made immediately after the shooting. Listen to it below. ___ UPDATE 9:00 PM: Orange County sheriff’s investigators say the gunman fatally shot the woman, who is an AT&T employee, in the head as she walked to work....
February 8th, 2010 | Beyond UCF, Crime, News | Read More

Victim: Vortex Amazing Owner Tried to Kill Me

The man many UCF students have come to love over the last few months as “Tom the Vortex Amazing Guy” was arrested Saturday after a man told deputies he tried to kill him. KnightNews.com has also uncovered that the “Vortex Amazing Guy,” whose real name is Thomas Lloyd Glover, has...
February 4th, 2010 | Beyond UCF, Crime, News | Read More

Students Terrified, Tied Up During Robbery Near UCF

UPDATE: According to multiple sources, the two female victims of this robbery are not UCF students. They attend Valencia Community College. KnightNews.com reached one of the Valencia students living at the home by phone yesterday. In that interview, she said she was packing up to move out. She also said...
January 11th, 2010 | Crime, Safety | Read More
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