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Tuesday, September 26
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• Malicious Injury to Real Property,
Drunkenness, 110 Paces Brook Ave.
The complainant, Leigh A. Antley,ire
ports that the subject was highly in
toxicated and causing a disturbance.
The subject became angry and kicked
the complainant’s door, causing it to
be jammed. The subject, William New
man, was arrested.
Monday, September 25
• Abandoned vehicle. #1 Justice
Square. Complainant D. H. Robinson
said an unknown suspect abandoned
the vehicle on location in the south
bound lane, blocking traffic and cre
ating a safety hazard. The vehicle was
towed.
• Disorderly Conduct 426 Fountain
Lake Court, Cole’s Baiber Shop. Com
plainant Kathy Salters reports she en
tered the barber shop to see if anyone
could help her with her broken-down
vehicle. Suspect/owner of business be
gan cursing at victim and telling her
that she was rude and to get out. Vic
tim knows suspect from prior business
transactions.
Sunday, September 24
• Disorderly Conduct/Striking a po
lice horse, simple possession of mar
ijuana, public drunkenness. 900 Sen
ate St. Complainant M. A. Grogan was
clearing roadway of a large crowd. Sus
pect struck the horse, Harvey, on his
right hock. Complainant ordered sus
pect to place his right hand behind his
back. Suspect refused, so complainant
used physical force. Suspect smelled
of alcohol, had slurred speech, was un
steady on his feet and acting disorder
ly by yelling, screaming and using pro
fanity. A search produced a plastic bag
containing a green, leafy substance be
lieved to be marijuana. Suspect was
placed in lock-up, and all evidence was
tagged and placed into property.
• Petit Larceny. 195 Pickens St. Com
plainant Merita Koenig stated an un
known subject removed one Ameri
can flag with copper pole valued at
$32 from individual’s yard.
Saturday, September 23
Disorderly conduct, simple possession
of marijuana, possession of controlled
substance 1000 Geotge Rogers Blvd.,
USC Stadium. Karen Leigh Cole,
the suspect, was found passed out and
was disoriented when awakened. Sus
pect was arrested for disorderly con
duct. Upon search, the following items
were found on her person: 1) smoked
marijuana joint; 2) small packet con
taining white powdery substance be
lieved to be cocaine; 3) two white
tablets; 4) small portion of a straw. Sus
pect was unsteady on her feet, glassy
eyed and her speech was slurred.
• Larceny of flag, larceny of CD play
er, McBride Quad E, 618 Sumter St.
Daniel Rabbitt, complaintant, said un
known person or persons by unknown
means removed the following from
the lounge of McBride Quad E: 1) blue
and yellow flag bearing the Delta Up
silon fraternity symbol, estimated val
ue $80; 2) Sony single-disc CD play
er, estimated value $100.
Monday, September 25
• Simple possession of marijuana. Room
409 Snowden Donn, 600 Main St. Ja
son Sposa, complaintant and the duty
RA for Snowden dorm, contacted the
USCPD about a peculiar odor coming
from room 409. Officers Simmons and
Kosydar responded. Upon arrival of
officers Wingard and Whitlock, offi
cers could smell a strong odor of in
cense in the area. Officer knocked loud
ly several times and no one answered
the door. Since burning incense is a
housing violation, the compiaintant
knocked and announced keyed into
tlie room. Once the door was opened,
a strong odor of marijuana smoke was
detected. One officer also saw a tow
el stuffed along the bottom of the door.
Whitlock and Wingard entered the
room. Upon entering, officers found
five subjects — Bassel Dabbagh,
Matthew Michel, Nathan Furr, Brian
P. Phillips and Jason Murphy — in the
room and on the balcony. One officer
ordered all the subjects into the room
and had them present their student ID
cards. Officer then told them that he
could smell the marijuana and asked
“Where is it?” Dabbagh said “Under
the bed,” and Furr turned and
opened a dresser drawer and removed
a green leafy substance that appeared
to be marijuana. Dabbagh retrieved a
blue frisbee that had a green leafy sub
stance in it from under the bed. Lt.
Taylor arrived on the scene, and at that
time, the subjects were placed under
arrest for simple possession of mari
juana. One officer observed a glass wa
ter pipe in an open desk drawer and
seized it as evidence.
• Illegal use of telephone, CSD Annex
Room 008, 514 Main St. Rebecca
Harper, victim, stated Mary Smith,
subject, left an unwanted voice mail
message using profane language. Harp
er stated she had forwarded a copy of
the message to investigator A1 Stevens.
Harper also stated subject had also used
her name on the message. Harper said
she knew the caller.
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Hospice care could
ease suffering for
the terminally ill
by Tara Sanders
The Gamecock
According to Edna McClain, Ad
ministrator at the Tri-County branch
of Hospice, most older people do not
want to be connected to tubes and ma
chines during their last days.
A recent Time/CNN poll said sev
en of 10 Americans want to die at
home, but three-fourths die in med
ical institutions.
Not only are older people con
cerned, but 42 percent of 18- to 34
year-olds are fearful of dying in
pain, compared to only 24 percent of
people 65 and older.
Most doctors agree that 95 per
cent of pain can be relieved, but al
most half of dying patients die in pain,
according to the survey.
To remedy that problem, over
55 percent of people 65 and older have
advanced directives, or living wills,
that outline what treatments they want
to receive.
Many include a clause that they
don’t want to be kept alive by artifi
cial nutrition and hydration. Anoth
er alternative to this end would be the
services of Hospice.
“Hospice is an organization that
specializes in giving terminally ill peo
ple a high quality of life,” McClain
said.
“Hospice workers come to the
homes of their patients for treatment.
The main goal is to make sure the pa
tient still has some dignity when they
die.”
McClain believes physicians take
their lead from the families of their
patients.
Most families aren’t ready to face
the facts that a cure might not be avail
able, so they continue treatment.
“Families should step back and
look at the situation and the quality
of life of their loved ones,” McClain
said. “Hospice has social workers, nurs
es and chaplains to deal with the emo
tional, physical and spiritual aspects
of dying.”
While hospice is easily available,
only 17 percent of dying Americans
use it.
McClain agrees with information
released by the Time/CNN poll say
ing one reason patients don’t want to
die in hospitals is that Medicare re
quires two doctors certify the patient
has fewer than six months to live.
South Carolina Medicaid began to
pay for hospice in October of 1995.
Another organization based on pal
liative care is the South Carolina Cit
izens For Life. The South Carolina
Citizens For Life organization is the
oldest and largest pro-life organiza
tion in the U.S. and is the state affil
iate of the National Right to Life or
ganization.
The organization believes there .
is an alarming rise in euthanasia cas
es in South Carolina, said Executive
Director Holly Gatling.
Gatling said the group’s purpose
is to protect the medically vulnerable
from euthanasia. She said the group
achieves this through legal and peace
ful means of education, legislation and
political actions.
The SCCL opposes living wills,
and encourages a document called a
“will to live.”
The city/state desk can be reached at
gamecockcitydesk@hotmail.com.
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