10 percent of arrests were UK students
April 7, 2015
By Anne Halliwell
In total, roughly 10 percent of the arrests made during the aftermath of the two NCAA games were of UK students.
UK Police Chief Joe Monroe said Monday that of the 69 arrests made by UKPD and the Lexington Police that were connected to the NCAA tournament, seven were found to be students at UK.
On March 28, after the men’s basketball team won the Elite 8 game, 27 arrests were made in the whole campus area, including State Street, Monroe stated.
Five of those arrested in connection to the basketball game were students.
On April 4, when UK basketball lost the NCAA Final Four playoff, 42 people were arrested on and around campus.
Of those, only two were identified as UK students.
The city shut down State Street at about 2 a.m. each night to bring in street sweepers.
On Saturday night, Lexington police interceded with people on State Street who lit materials on fire and then swung them into the air or crowd.
The 2014 Championship loss resulted in 29 arrests but more property damage, as a vacant house on the 200 block of State Street was intentionally set on fire early the morning after.
