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Wednesday, October 18 • Illegal use of telephone, Patterson hall. A female resident stated she re ceived a telephone call of an obscene nature from unknown male(s). Also, a message was left on her voice mail. The reporting officer in the incident was M. Moore. • Driving under the influence, comer of Blossom and Harden streets. Offi cer R. Osbourne while, on routine pa trol, observed Jessica Shiavi-Germo ny, 19, driving left of center headed east on Greene Street. The officer didn’t catch up to the car until the cor ner of Harden and Blossom where he made a traffic stop. The officer no-. ticed when talking to Shiavi-Germo ny that she had glazed eyes and a strong odor of alcohol on her. When asked to step out of the car and perform a field sobriety test, she first refused, then did the "alphabet test” in which did poorly. She also told the officer that she was the designated driver but later admitted she had been drinking all night. Tuesday, October 17 • Lost property, Senate Street garage. Lotoya Soloman stated that she lost one Senate Street garage card while in the garage. The report ing officer in the incident was R. Os bourne. Monday, October 16 • Attempted grand larceny of a motor vehicle, Level 5 of the Blossom Street garage. Reporting officer R. Shirer spoke with Ashlee McCarthy who stat ed that an unknown subject broke in to her vehicle by unknown means in an attempt to steal her vehicle. There was no forced entry and nothing tak en. However, there was some damage to the steering column of the vehicle. Wednesday, October 18 • Bank fraud (five counts), identity fraud, 7471 Gamers Ferry Road, 3:30 p.m. Vashondra Monique Irby applied for a loan on Tuesday Oct. 17 using the name June Williams at the WA branch of Fort Jackson Credit Union. On Wednesday, Irby applied for a loan us ing her real name at the Gamers Fer ry branch. The applications submitted were fraudulent. Investigator Bullock responded to the scene. • Larceny of a moped, 112 Park St., 6 p.m. Terry C. Crocker reported that upon arrival to his residence, he no ticed the listed moped missing. Esti mated value of the moped: $400. • Auto breaking, petit larceny, 1526 Main St., 9:15 p.m. Eleanor L. Kitz man stated that unknown person(s) broke the passenger-side, front win dow of her vehicle by unknown means to gain entry. The subject(s) re moved Kitzman’s briefcase, which con tained paperwork and identification. Estimated damage to the automobile: $300. Estimated value of briefcase: $300. • Auto breaking, petit larceny, 1515 Taylor St., 11 p.m. Johnnie Jean Leonard stated that unknown subjects) broke the driver’s side glass of his vehicle. The subject(s) took a stereo from the dash and speakers from the trunk of the car. Estimated vehicle damage: $500. Estimated value of stereo: $350. Thursday, Oct. 19 • Drunkenness, trespassing after no tice, 100 Ripplemeyer St., 2:40 a.m. Responding Officer Hunt observed Lu pak Kupo trespassing at the incident location. Kupo has been warned by city court justices to stay away from the area several times. Kupo spoke with slurred speech, smelled of alco hol and was unsteady on his feet. Kupo was arrested and transported to Rich land County Detention Center. Hodges appoints investigator to review corrections department Kristin von Karowsky The Gamecock _ In the wake of recent controver sy at the South Carolina Department of Corrections, Gov. Jim Hodges on Oct. 9 named Tommy Davis to con duct an independent review of the ad ministrative procedures of the cor rections department. Davis, a former FBI special agent, will examine SCDC procedure on im proper relations in regard to detec tion, prevention, investigation, dis ciplinary action and prosecution. Once Davis’ review is complete, he will pro vide the governor with recommenda tions to improve the administrative procedures regarding inmate-guard contact. Davis said he intends to start the review immediately, in addition to the criminal investigation being conduct ed by SLED. Davis said he could not yet say what he hopes to accomplish by the review or predict when the review would be complete. "I have no idea how long it will take," Davis said. "We don't know at this point when the recommendations will be made to the governor or what 1 form they will take - either testimo ny or a written report - we don't know yet." Since 1995, Davis has been a monitor for the U.S. District Court in the class action lawsuit involving the South Car olina Department of Juvenile Justice. "Tommy Davis is a consummate professional," Hodges said. "With his background as one of the leading law enforcement agents in the nation and his practical experience in for the federal court, he is singularly suited to provide a professional and objec tive review of the Department of Cor rections’ procedures and policies re garding relations between inmates and guards." Complaints against the SCDC, in relation to sexual misconduct by guards, began surfacing in mid-Sep tember. Susan Smith of Union, the in mate convicted of drowning her two infant sons in a Union County lake, was one of the first inmates alleged ly involved in the controversy. Since then, six guards have been charged with having sex with inmates, which is a felony. "This is a felony case," Davis said. "It does not matter if it was consen sual or not." Davis agreed that a central issue in the allegations is one of power: who has it and who does not in a prison er-guard situation. This relationship inherently involves a power differen tial, which should not be unjustly mis used or taken advantage of, Davis said. "The governor hopes this investi gation will find a solution to some of the problems that seem to have arisen over the last few weeks," said Cort ney Owings, spokeswoman for the gov ernor. Davis is the president of the Quan tico Group, a private investigation firm in Columbia. In 1993, he retired from the FBI, after working 28 years as a special agent. During his time with the FBI, Davis served in the Detroit, Newark and Columbia offices, where he co ordinated crime investigations. While in the Columbia office, Davis was co case agent on Operation Lost Trust. Davis has won numerous law en forcement awards, including the Strom Thurmond Award for Law Enforce ment Excellence. He holds bachelor and law degrees from Wake Forest Uni versity. 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