Texas Woman’s University police officers arrested five students on hazing charges Monday morning and are looking for a former student who has an arrest warrant as well.

TWU Police Chief John Erwin said the women are members of an unsanctioned sorority they call Krimson Kourts. They are accused of hazing pledges during initiation rituals between Jan. 29 and Feb. 8.

“It was basically slapping, forcing calisthenics, confinement in closets, assignment of menial tasks and other types of psychological browbeating,” Erwin said.

Officers served the five warrants on campus. The sixth woman is not enrolled this semester and lives off campus, the chief said. The five students have been suspended pending the outcome of the case, he said.

“We are filing one count each, but there is a possibility of multiple counts within the case,” Erwin said. “That will be up to the district attorney.”

Hazing is a Class B misdemeanor under the Education Code.

Krimson Kourts is not recognized as a sorority by the university.

“It is a very loose organization. As a matter of fact, I had never heard of it until this case came up,” Erwin said.

Other reports

4200 block of U.S. Highway 377, Aubrey area — Someone made away with about $8,000 worth of jewelry and guns while a couple was gone from their home for less than two hours Friday, according to a Denton County sheriff’s report.

The homeowners went to lunch. When they came back to their home near Aubrey, they said they realized someone had entered through an unsecured door and taken a tanzanite necklace, bracelet and earrings and pearl jewelry worth about $5,500. The intruders also took a $400 safe, three guns worth a total $2,000 and the couple’s passports.

An investigation is continuing.

8600 block of Mild Creek Lane — A 21-year-old woman told Denton police she left her handbag in the bathroom at a party early Sunday and someone took $300 from her wallet.

The woman said she went to the bathroom about 1:15 a.m., taking her purse along. When she left, she forgot the purse.

Moments later, she realized she had left the bag and went to retrieve it. She met a male party guest exiting the bathroom. She found her bag but her cash was missing. As she re-entered the main area of the party, she saw the suspect telling his girlfriend they needed to leave, she said. The couple quickly left the party.

Roundup

From 7 a.m. Friday to 7 a.m. Monday:

• Denton police handled 507 calls for service and officer-initiated calls, including one fraud, four assaults, one theft, one vehicle burglary, two reports of criminal mischief, one report of sexual assault of a child and one overdose.

• Denton County sheriff’s dispatchers handled 647 calls for service and officer-initiated calls. A total of 128 people were booked into county jail. Deputies took reports of five cases of criminal mischief, three assaults, one case of disorderly conduct, four burglaries, three cases of possession of marijuana, one credit card abuse and one theft.

• Denton firefighters responded to 45 medical calls, two alarms, three smoke investigations, one fire, one hazardous-materials incident, one request to assist an invalid, one accident, one request for public service, one grassfire and one false alarm.

Krum firefighters responded to one traffic accident and two medical calls.

Pilot Point firefighters responded to two requests for mutual aid, one request to assist a citizen, four medical calls, one electrical malfunction, two alarms and one request to unlock a vehicle.

Aubrey firefighters responded to three requests to unlock vehicles, six medical calls and one alarm.

Sanger firefighters responded to four medical calls, two requests to unlock vehicles, one traffic accident, one fire, one overdose and one grassfire.

Lake Cities firefighters responded to one vehicle fire, one gas leak, seven medical calls and one overdose.

Argyle firefighters responded to one request to assist a citizen, six medical calls, one traffic accident and one grassfire.

Oak Point firefighters responded to one grassfire and one medical call.

DONNA FIELDER can be reached at 940-566-6885. Her e-mail address is dfielder@dentonrc.com

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