Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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POLICE REPORT Each number on the map stands for a crime corresponding with numbered descriptions in the list below. DAY CRIMES (6 a.m.-6 p.m.) □ Violent O Nonviolent NIGHT CRIMES (6 p.m.-6a.m.) ■ Violent • Nonviolent CRIMES AT UNKNOWN HOURS E3 Violent © Nonviolent Thursday, Feb. 14 ® GRAND LARCENY OF LAPTOP, 1305 GREENE ST. The complainant said someone took his Micron Transport Trek laptop from his Currell College room. Estimated value: $6,000. Reporting officer: C. N. Ettenger. t Friday, Feb. 15 Q LARCENY OF COOLER, 614 BULL ST. The victim said someone took her blue Rubbermaid cooler from South Tower. It was decorated on all four sides and had a Georgia Tech sign on top. The cooler contained food and beverages. Reporting officer: B. Timbers. ® LARCENY OF CAMCORDER, 1214 COLLEGE ST. The complainant said someone took a Panasonic camcorder from the Warlaw Conference room. Estimated value: $300. Reporting officer: N. U. Beza. o HARASSING PHONE CALL, 614 BULL ST. The victim said an unknown male called her South Tower residence twice and made her feel uncomfortable because he would not identify himself. Reporting officer: J. L. Meador and B. J. Timbers. ® MALICIOUS MISCHIEF, 817 HENDERSON ST. The victim said she was struck when someone was throwing water balloons from the Gambrell Hall roof. Four minors fitting the clothing description were detained when they came out of the building with water on their clothes. All four subjects were released to their parents on custodial promise. The victim declined to press charges. Reporting officer: J. L. Meador and B. J. Timbers. ® MALICIOUS INJURY TO PERSONAL PROPERTY, 1501 DEVINE ST. The victim said someone wrote graffiti on the third floor kitchen door. Estimated damage: $200. Reporting officer: J. L. Meador and B. J. Timbers. Q LOST PROPERTY, PHYSICAL SCIENCE BUILDING The victim said he misplaced his red leather wallet containing his Visa card, . South Carolina driver’s license, Bank of America ATM card and $20. Reporting officer: J. E. Howell. ® HARASSMENT, 918 BARNWELL ST. Two victims said Andy Martin Nelson was beating at their door. The victims said Nelson was trying to get them to the door. Nelson had left the area before officers arrived. The victims wanted no charges filed at this time. Reporting officer: R. A. Whitlock and B. Timbers. Knotts CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 bars and restaurants licensed to sell alcohol. The bill was introduced by Rep. Jake Knotts, R-Lexington, a retired police officer who strongly supported South Carolina’s first concealed weapon permit law in 1996. In his spare time, Knotts teaches free concealed weapon permit classes in Lexington. Since the law was enacted in 1996, the state has issued more I than 36,000 permits, and accord ing to the US Justice Bureau’s Web site, South Carolina’s crime rate has fallen 8 percent. Many proponents of the concealed weapon law say the state’s lower crime rate is a result of the law. “The essence of concealed weapon laws are that everyone ben efits, because criminals don’t know who is carrying a weapon and who isn’t, so they are less likely to com mit random crimes,” concealed weapon advocate Ed Kelleher said. Kelleher, the president of Green Grass South Carolina, a Columbia based group that supports citizens carrying concealed weapons, says that allowing people to carry con cealed weapons in more places would make the public safer. “In ‘96, the anti-gun lobby Said there would be blood flowing in the streets and that there would be shoot-outs on every comer like Dodge City; but that hasn’t hap pened,” Kelleher said. “These new changes won’t affect any thing but the crime rate.” The bill is still awaiting Senate approval before it goes to Gov. Jim Hodges’ desk. Hodges has al ready publicly released a state ment saying he would veto the bill mainly because of the provi sions allowing parents to bring weapons onto school property. Hodges said in a statement, “As a parent with two children in public school, I don’t buy the ar gument that guns make schools safer for our children.” The governor’s press secre tary, Cortney Owings, was un available for cpmment. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecockudesk&ihotmail.com ' jr ' w * pre-i ■ PHONE CARDS Now available at our ATM locations and offices! Many phone cards come with "built-in, hidden charges" - but not ours! The only fee attached is the mandatory $.49 if used from a pay phone... YOU GET 120 MINUTES for $10... less than 9 cents a minute! Remember Carolina Collegiate ATM locations also offer Postage Stamps ($6.12 for 18 stamps) along with traditional cash ATM services! 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