Police at the University of California, Los Angeles are investigating after receiving two recent reports of female students being drugged at off-campus fraternity parties.  

According to a bulletin issued by UCLA police, one of the incidents allegedly occurred on Oct. 3, with a second one reportedly happening Oct. 5 that sent a student to the emergency room.  

Experts who spoke to KTLA warn that these types of incidents are a public health issue that leave students susceptible to overdose and sexual assault. Several students agreed, saying it’s a concerning trend and one of the reasons they avoid off-campus parties altogether.  

The Oct. 3 victim reported that she had been to three separate parties at fraternities on Gayley Avenue and developed symptoms that she didn’t believe were alcohol related.  

Several days later, the second victim said she attended one party where she was handed a drink and quickly began feeling unusual, eventually prompting her to go to the hospital.   

Many students, like UCLA senior Zoe Gianna Monterola, received a “Bruin Alert” alert about the incidents on their cellphones and found the message disturbing.  

“Definitely just disheartening and I think what’s more sad is that it’s really not surprising,” she explained. “I feel like there’s a culture of being able to tolerate these things and moving on, especially when you’re in a college environment.”  

Another student, Temi Osuntokun, told KTLA’s Rachel Menitoff that there are certain fraternities with a reputation for misconduct.  

“It’s something that we’ve heard about ever since my freshman year and I’m a fourth year [student],” she said. “We’ve been hearing about frats assaulting, raping, drugging students. When we walk by, we’re like, ‘Oh yeah, there’s that one frat,’ and it’s that sort of thing.”  

Dr. Tipu Khan, Chief of Addiction Medicine at Ventura County Medical Center, told KTLA’s Rachel Menitoff that people are unintentionally being exposed to more drugs than they think.  

“They think they’re taking one substance, for example alcohol or cannabis, but it’s contaminated with other drugs and other substances that can lead to overdose or cases where they are taken advantage of,” he said.  

KTLA has reached out to UCLA, asking what exactly officials are doing about the issue and how they’re counseling students to be safe and is awaiting a response.  

So far, authorities have not identified any suspects in connection with the two incidents.  

An Uber driver was captured on video punching a 68-year-old passenger in the back of the head in Dallas after he complained about a lack of legroom inside his vehicle, a report says. 

The incident involving Suleman Gauba unfolded Wednesday in the city’s Design District as he and his wife called for an Uber to take them to a local Walmart, according to Fox4 Dallas. 

“I cannot sit in the back seat,” Gauba told the station, which reported that he complained to the driver about not having enough legroom in the rear of the car. “Very small place, you know?” 

Gauba told Fox4 Dallas that the driver then informed him that he was canceling his ride and asked him to get out of the vehicle.  

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In this surveillance video obtained by KDFW, an Uber driver  allegedly is seen punching a passenger in Dallas, Texas. (KDFW)

“At that time, my wife told him, ‘I’m calling the cops,’” he said. 

Surveillance footage recorded by a hotel in the area then shows Gauba and the rideshare driver stepping out of the car at the same time. 

As Gauba begins walking around the rear of the car, the driver punches him in the back of the head. 

“I was thinking, you know, what’s happened with me? Why [did] he hit me?” Guaba told Fox4 Dallas. 

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Suleman Gauba was punched after complaining about the legroom in the back of the Uber, according to Fox4 Dallas. (KDFW)

The Dallas Police Department tells Fox News Digital that a preliminary investigation has found that the victim first “entered the suspect’s vehicle, a ride share driver. 

“The victim and suspect got into an argument and the suspect hit the victim in the head,” police added. “The suspect left the location.” 

As of Saturday, the suspect – who in the footage appears to be a Black male last seen wearing a red shirt and dark pants — has not been tracked down. 

Gauba is seen falling to the ground after being punched on Wednesday in Dallas, Texas. (KDFW)

 

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Uber did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital. 

Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital.

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A Los Angeles firefighter was injured when he fell through the floor of an abandoned apartment building that caught fire in Hollywood early Tuesday morning.

The fire was reported just after 2 a.m. at the two-story boarded-up complex in the 7700 block of Hollywood Boulevard.

Heavy fire was showing at the rear of the building, which had already been damaged in previous fires, Los Angeles Fire Department Capt. Cody Weireter said.

Plywood on doors and windows made entry difficult for firefighters, who initially took a defensive posture but put out the blaze in a little over 30 minutes.

One firefighter was injured after eventually making his way into the structure.

“We had a firefighter fall through the floor that was conducting a primary search to see if we had any victims inside,” said Weireter, who described the injury as non-life threatening.

No victims were located inside the structure but video from the scene showed a firefighter handing a blanket to a naked man standing in some bushes.

Investigators were later seen talking to the man but his connection to the fire, if any, was unclear.

The cause of the fire remains unknown, but Weireter did say that the blaze is “under active investigation from our arson counter-terrorism section.”