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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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