Ariela Lopez
Staff Reporter
ariela.lopez@yale.edu
Ariela Lopez covers Cops and Courts for the City Desk and lays out the weekly print paper as a Production & Design editor. She previously covered City Hall. Ariela is a sophomore in Branford College, originally from New York City.
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ARIELA LOPEZ & MAIA NEHME
At “Justice for Malik” corner, an anniversary and a fundraising kickoff

New Haveners gathered on Monday to commemorate Malik Jones’s death in a 1997 police shooting.

April 14, 2025

ARIELA LOPEZ & REETI MALHOTRA
Future of Donut Crazy’s downtown store uncertain

The York Street donut shop has been shuttered since March 5.

April 14, 2025

ARIELA LOPEZ
Arrested Yale police officer released from custody, in home incarceration

The Yale Police Department’s Otilio Green, who faces federal and state charges for possessing child pornography, must stay in Connecticut as he awaits trial.

April 8, 2025

ARIELA LOPEZ
Yale Police officer charged with child pornography possession

Otilio Green, now on leave from the Yale Police Department, faces state and federal charges for child sexual abuse material linked to his Verizon Wireless account.

April 8, 2025

ARIELA LOPEZ & ISOBEL MCCLURE
Individual arrested in Bass for carrying two fake weapons

Yale Police Department Lieutenant Jay Jones said that the arrested individual was “probably not” a Yale affiliate, though the police chief said their identity is yet undetermined.

April 4, 2025

ARIELA LOPEZ
Arrested Berkeley trespasser charged with burglary, possessing burglary tools

A judge ordered the arrested suspect to stay off all Yale properties at their arraignment on Thursday.

April 3, 2025

ARIELA LOPEZ
Yale Police arrest suspect for attempted Berkeley burglary

YPD officers took into custody an individual who they believe used a cloned ID card to carry out a burglary in Berkeley College last week.

April 3, 2025

ARIELA LOPEZ
Car repair for Kia Boyz: Project Longevity, police department focus on curbing youth violence

The New Haven office of the state-wide gun violence prevention program has expanded its holistic intervention approach to families and youth.

April 1, 2025

ARIELA LOPEZ, KARLA CORTES & JAEHA JANG
Yale refutes ICE presence rumors but releases law enforcement guide, restricts building access

The University and the NHPD said they were not aware of immigration enforcement presence on Friday, though rumors of ICE sightings circulated among Yalies. On Saturday, Yale Public Safety announced that campus building access will be restricted to ID holders.

March 29, 2025

ARIELA LOPEZ & YOLANDA WANG
Three prominent Yale professors depart for Canadian university, citing Trump fears

History department power couple Timothy Snyder and Marci Shore and philosophy professor Jason Stanley will begin teaching at the University of Toronto’s renowned Munk School in fall 2025.

March 27, 2025

ARIELA LOPEZ
No cover-up in alder hit-and-run case, chief concludes

Two years after a car crash involving Morris Cove Alder Sal DeCola prompted civilian complaints and a lawsuit, the police department exonerated responding cops of misconduct accusations.

March 27, 2025