TUESDAY, OCT. 31, 10:30 a.m. — A Binghamton University Parking Services employee called Binghamton’s New York State University Police to report a disabled parking permit which appeared to have been tampered with. According to the University Police, the expiration date on the permit was changed from 2006 to 2008. Police called the issuing town and verified that the tag had in fact expired in 2006. They then contacted the vehicle’s operator, a 59-year-old woman, who admitted to police that the permit belonged to her deceased mother-in-law. She and her husband had been using the permit since her mother-in-law passed away. No charges were filed, and police shredded the tag.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 1, 12:27 a.m. — A University police building guard (an unarmed employee who drives an unmarked car and often calls in suspicious activity to police) observed a male carrying a yellow “yield” traffic sign into Hughes Hall at Hinman College. The guard called University Police to report the incident as a theft. When the police officer entered Hughes Hall, the officer saw the sign on the first floor in a stairwell. Through investigation, police obtained the names of some possible suspects; when the officer knocked on one of the doors, a male student answered. When questioned about the theft, the student admitted to taking the sign and agreed to put it back. But when he was asked to provide identification, the student gave the officer a forged New York State ID. Because of the forgery, the student was referred to Judicial Affairs. There were, however, no charges filed for the theft.

SUNDAY, NOV. 5, 5 a.m. — A University police officer left a traffic stop in Lot X to respond to a call of a domestic dispute at Susquehanna Community’s Choconut Hall. He observed a man screaming inside a parked car; when he approached the car, he discovered the man was screaming at a woman, telling her to “get the fuck out of here. This relationship is over.” When the officer interviewed the female, she said that she agreed that the relationship was indeed over, but had returned to the man’s Choconut residence to pick up her belongings. This isn’t the first time police have been involved with the couple, and alcohol didn’t seem to be involved. “They haven’t been intoxicated either of the times we have dealt with them,” said University police Investigator Dennis P. Bush.