A man was arrested after following a male student at the Social Science and Political Affairs building on Sept. 16 at around 8 a.m., Lt. Richard Goodwin said.
Twenty-seven-year-old Ion Sirus Ghahreman was removed from a classroom which he followed a student into, police said.
The student came into professor Gwen Shaffer’s room and told her, “I just need to duck in here because someone is following me, and I want to get away from him,” Shaffer said.
Shaffer said she proceeded to check outside the door, and “there was a man…almost hiding between the wall and the door being open.” She said she then called campus police.
The student eventually left Shaffer’s room and went to another classroom, where police said Ghahreman followed him and sat next to him.
University Police removed Ghahreman from the class and told him not to return to campus for seven days, under section 626.6 of the California Penal Code.
Two days later, at 8:30 a.m., campus police received a call regarding a man sleeping in the women’s restroom in the Physical Education building; the man was later discovered to be Ghahreman, according to a press release on the University Police website.
Ghahreman was subsequently arrested on charges of trespassing and being in an opposite sex locker room according to the press release.
Goodwin said that it is not clear whether this suspect is still in custody, and if anyone should see him around campus, he or she can alert University Police at 562-985-4101.
Campus police arrest suspect who threatened man with scissors
Last week, an incident occurred in the University Library involving a man with scissors threatening another man in the library on Sept. 10.
Goodwin said on Sept. 19 at 1:23 p.m. that campus police received reports of a possibly suspicious person in the University Student Union by a Community Service Officer.
Police responded and discovered it was the same suspect from the incident in the library, Goodwin said. The suspect has been identified by police as Caleb Channing Austin, a 35-year-old transient with no ties to the campus.
Goodwin said the Long Beach Police Department was also searching for Austin, and he was charged with car jacking by LBPD and with criminal threats by University Police for last week’s incident, Goodwin said.
Goodwin said both charges are felony charges, and that the suspect is still in custody.
Stalking at Parkside College
Goodwin said on Sept. 18 at 12:03 a.m. University Police responded to a report from a student saying she was being stalked at Parkside College.
Goodwin said the victim met the suspect at a party, and a couple weeks following the party, the suspect showed up at Parkside College, where she lives, with flowers. Although she told him she was not interested, he kept coming back, Goodwin said. A report was filed, he said.
Wallet stolen from bookstore
A wallet was stolen from the University Bookstore on Sept. 17 at 2:18 p.m., according to CSULB Police Media log. The reporting party was not sure if the wallet had been stolen or lost, so she checked lost and found, Goodwin said.
Goodwin said the victim initially called campus police and checked Lost and Found because she wasn’t sure she lost her wallet. The victim called campus police a second time after she concluded that her wallet was stolen after noticing that that balance of a Starbucks card decreased, Goodwin said.
He said it was a green Fossil wallet containing the victim’s driver’s license, $40, and various credit and debit cards.
Backpack stolen from Parkside Dining Hall
On Sept. 17 at 9:54 a.m., a grey and brown Herschel backpack was stolen from the ground by the door inside of the Parkside Dining Hall, Goodwin said.
The backpack, which was reported valued at $70, contained a Macbook Pro valued at $1,100, Goodwin said. Other contents of the backpack added up to $55, he said.
Housing and Residential Life confirmed that backpacks are not allowed into dining halls. This incident is currently under investigation, Goodwin said.
Two computers stolen from dorm
On Sept. 17 at 9:17 a.m., two laptops were reported stolen from a dorm room in the Beachside College dorms.
One of the laptops was a white Sony laptop valued at $600, and the other was a blue HP 2000 laptop valued at $200, Goodwin said. Only one dorm room was involved, and Goodwin said there are currently no suspects.
Toshiba laptop Stolen from Fine Arts building
On Sept. 16 at 3:04 p.m., a Toshiba Satellite laptop was reported stolen from the Fine Arts 1 building, Goodwin said.
The theft occurred earlier that day, but was not reported until later, Goodwin said. The report described the laptop as black on bottom and silver on top. A value was not reported, but according to Toshiba’s website, the model number, L55t-A5232, that was stolen is valued at $930.
Bike stolen
A black and blue Trek X-Caliber 4 bicycle was stolen from the north side bike racks by the Hall of Science, on Sept. 15 at 4:51 p.m., Goodwin said.
The value of the bike was reported to be $780, Goodwin said. The bike was locked up with a cable lock, he said.