“Che (Samecock I Monday, October 23 • Simple possession of marijuana, Douglas, room 408. Reporting offi cer M. Moore responded to a call of marijuana smoke coming from the above location. The reporting officer confirmed the smell was coming from the above location by walking out onto the neighboring balcony with the resident’s consent. At that time the complaintant (the ' floor’s RA) knocked and announced his presence and gained entry into the room. The officer followed be hind the RA, and in plain view was 6.1 grams of a leafy, green substance on the top of a desk. One of the re< idents, Lucas Scoggins, gave the ol ficer consent to search the rest c the room. Outside on the balcon; the officer found a laige"blunt th; was still burning. Also in the roor was about 18 grams of a leafy, gree substance inside an upside-dow Frisbee. • Reckless driving, failure to sto for blue lights, operating uninsure vehicle, improper display of licens tag, violation of beginners permil failure to register vehicle, comer c Blossom and Sumter streets. A above incident location, reportin, officer R. Osborne attempted to ini tiate a routine traffic stop fo recklessly driving on a sidewalk The subject continued heading eas on Blossom. In the meantime th officer thought the subject was dan gerously close to hitting several ob jects and people. Subject drove fo - another block or two and still didn’t - stop for the blue lights and siren, f Also, while driving, he disregarded r, several stop signs. Finally, he stopped t after hitting a building and causing i minor damage to his car and the i building. After the minor accident, 1 the subject bailed out of the car and head north from Blossom Street on ' foot. After calling in several other ) units, including the Columbia Po 1 lice Department, the subject was } found lying under a truck in a park , ing lot. f t • Accidental damage, Bull Street l garage. A USC student stated that - as she was exiting the Bull Street r garage, the arm of the barricade lo cated on the first level came down t on the rear of her car. Her car, a ; 1990 black Nissan, received dam - age to the rear antenna and a big dent - in the trunk, r • Trespassing after notice, Byrnes Center. Henry Grady Ward, 53, was found by reporting officer E. Pereira in the parking lot behind the Byrnes Center. Ward had previously been warned for trespassing on USC prop erty on Oct. 14 and a written report of the incident on the 14th was filed. After a quick field interview, the officer placed Ward under arrest and he was later transported to Richland County Detention Center. Sunday, October 22 • Larceny of football tickets, McBryde Quad. Butler Mullins, 19, stated to police that an unknown person(s) removed 38 football tick ets from the above location. Mullins also stated that he left the tickets in his unsecured desk drawer. Esti mated value of the ticket is $ 1,064. . Mullins said the tickets were in sec tion 24, rows 34 and 35. r _ « _____ i Columbia -Five Points (behind Harper’s) < Proclaiming Christ through the Scriptures and Sacraments \ - s Adult Bible Class 9:30am • Holy Communion 10:30am Member Parish -Lutheran Church Missouri Synod ^ t i * < .. c rc \ c Tuesday, October 24 Drunkenness, confiscated weapon, '800 West Ave., 2:05 a.m. Gregory !ugene Brown was observed by re ponding Officer Wilson as being un teady on his feet. Brown had slurred peech and a strong odor of alcohol m his breath and person. Incident o arrest, a set of brass knuckles was ound near Brown. Malicious injury to personal prop rty, 2200 Oak St., 11 p.m. Levi Bing r. reported that at incident location t the above time he heard his car larm going off. Upon inspecting his ehicle, he noticed dents on the right nd left front fenders. Monday, October 23 • Simple Assault, 2436 Forest Dri ve, 10:35 p.m. Carolyn Matthews said that while she was trying to give an order for food at Church’s Chick en, she was pushed by unknown sub jects who then fled the scene. Matthews refused medical attention. • Grand larceny, 5400 Forest Drive, 11:30 p.m. James Harris stated that between 11:30 p.m. Oct. 23 and 11 a.m. Oct. 24, unknown subject or subjects removed a bank bag con taining $7,228.04 from the office of Red Bone Alley. • Malicious injury to personal prop erty, 1600 Greene St. Helen H. Jor dan stated that between 11 p.m. Oct. 19 and noon Oct. 23, unknown sub ject or subjects damaged her vehicle while she was away. Web site offers money for election predictions by John Huiett The Gamecock A New York-based Internet site is of fering $1 million in cash prizes for peo ple who correctly predict the outcome of the 2000 presidential, gubernatorial and Senate races. Wintheelection.com, billing itself as “America’s first and only cash prize game site created exclusively for the 2000 U.S. elections,” will give away $1 million to the participant who identifies the winners of the presidential race, 11 races for governor across the country and the 34 Senate seats up for grabs. To win the entire $1 million, one must correctly pick the winner for all races. Aside from the grand prize, the site is also offering $10,000 to one player who correctly predicts the winner of the pres idential race between Texas Gov. George W. Bush and Vice President A1 Gore, if the player is the one who comes closest to predicting the popular vote. The site is offering participants the chance to voice their opinions on hot-but ton topics such as gun control and school prayer, complete with a real-time forum allowing site visitors to see how others feel about the issues. However, no cash prizes are offered for voicing opinions or participating in fo rums. The site was made possible through technology developed by the Internet tech nologies company On-Line Design and is hosted by the Web gaming site Game sAlive.com. 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