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 (6a.m.-6 p.m.) □ Violent' O Nonviolent NIGHT CRIMES (6p.m.-6a.m.) ■ Violent # Nonviolent CRIMES AT UNKNOWN HOURS □ Violent 0 Nonviolent MONDAY, AUGUST 5 ©ASSISTANCE RENDERED 1620 PENDLETON ST. Complainant stated victim fainted. EMS was notified and responded. Victim was treated by EMS and transported to Baptist Hospital. Reporting of ficer: U. Means. SUNDAY, AUGUST 4 ©INFORMATION (INJURED WORKER)" STROM THUR MOND WELLNESS CENTER, 500 BLOCK OF ASSEMBLY STREET Reporting officer B. Timbers responded to a report of an am bulance and fire engines at the Wellness Center. Timbers was informed by the Columbia Fire Department that a worker had fallen from the second level to the ground. Spinal injury was suspected. The victim had al ready been transported by Richland County EMS to Richland Memorial Emergency. ©FLOODING CAROLINA GARDENS APARTMENT, 101 PICKENS ST. Complainant stated water came into her apartment and landed on her stove. Reporting officer C. Taylor went into her apartment to find water on the floor from the washing machine, which was hooked up to the kitchen sink. Building mainte nance was called and responded. SATURDAY, AUGUST 3 ©LARCENY OF CHECK CARD TOWERS LOBBY, 600 SUMTER ST. victim stated ms wacnovia Visa check card was taken some time in the morning. The card was last seen by the victim at an ATM at the incident location. The victim also stated the card was used fraudulently in other jurisdictions. Reporting officer: J.R. Merrill. ©LARCENY OF RADIO WALKIE TALKIE CAPSTONE, 918 BARN WELL ST. Complainant stated unknown person(s) removed the following item from the incident location: one black handheld radio. Estimated value: $30. Make, model and serial number un known. Reporting officer: U. Means. Unknown person(s) by un known means broke an office window at the USC Speech and Hearing building. Items taken: one Gateway CPU. Model and se rial number unknown at this time. Estimated value: $1500. Reporting officer: B. Timbers. ©LARCENY OF BICYCLE THOMAS COOPER LI BRARY BIKE RACK, 1322 GREENE ST. Victim stated unknown per son^) removed her secured bi cycle with a lock from the inci dent location. The bike is a pur ple and blue 10-speed with a black lock. Estimated value of the bike: $110. Estimated value of the lock: $10. ® INFORMATION PICKENS STREET BRIDGE, 900 PICKENS ST. Complainant stated that while walking his dog at the incident lo cation, an unleashed black lab ran at him. The complainant stated that the black lab frightened his dog and that, as a result, his dog inadvertently bit him on the leg. The complainant is a medical doc tor and stated that he did not need medical attention. Reporting offi cer: J.A. Henry. FRIDAY, AUGUST 2 © BURGLARY 2718 MIDDLEBURG ST. (OFF MAP) NOTABLE SUMMER GRIMES MAY 30 SIMPLE ASSAULT, 743 GREENE ST. The victim said Donnie Driggers punched him in the mouth and spilled hot coffee on his left arm. The two were involved in a verbal argument over the use of a cell phone. The victim de clined to press charges. Reporting officer: J. B. Coaxum. JUNE 15 DRIVING UNDER SUSPEN SION, 300 MAIN ST. Vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed southbound on Main Street. When the vehicle reached the railroad crossing near 300 Main St., the wheels of the vehicle left the roadway. When the wheels returned to the roadway, the rear bumper scraped the road. The vehicle pulled into the lot at 100 Assembly St. Officer Rosier checked the driver's license and it came back as suspended. The sub ject was arrested. R.O: J.D. Rosier. JUNE 23 DECEASED PERSON, LOT 2 PARK AND GREENE STREETS. The reporting officer re sponded to a call of a deceased per son in the Coliseum parking lot. A white male in his mid 80s was found in the back seat of a 1988 brown Chevy Celebrity. No visi ble signs of injury were present. Reporting officer: J. A. Henry. POSSESSION OF CRACK CO CAINE, 701 ASSEMBLY ST. (USC COLISEUM) Juvenile subject detained for violation of the fire code (smok ing) on main floor of coliseum. As subject was being led away from crowd, he threw down a small cel lophane bag containing approxi mately 1.36 ounces of a white sub stance believed to be crack co caine. Subject taken into custody. Guardian was contacted, subject ed released into guardian's cus tody. JULY 1 MALICIOUS INJURY TO PRIVATE PROPERTY, BATES WEST, 1423 WHALEY ST. Complainant reported that un known/unseen suspect(s) appar ently threw a full bottle of Gatorade at his vehicle, possibly from a window in Bates West. When the bottle made impact, it caused damage to the windshield of the complainant's vehicle. Evidence of the Gatorade and bot tle were on and near the vehicle. The complainant is an employee of USC Housing. Vehicle: 1997 White Ford pickup. Estimated damage: $200. Reporting officer: P.I. Jones. New classifications to motivate UGA students ' BY KRISTEN WYATT ASSOCIATED PRESS ATHENS, Ga. - Hoping to em barrass slackers who take more than four years to get a degree, the University of Georgia will start re ferring to students by the number of years they have been enrolled and may take away parking and football-ticket privileges after their senior year. The university will call stu dents "first-years," "second-years," or even "seventh-years," rather than freshmen, sophomores or se niors. School officials said over crowding is a major reason for the changes. University of Georgia students take an average of 4.3 years to graduate, which is actually below the national average of 5.3 years. But too many students are taking up dorm and classroom space in the 33,000-student university, where tuition for state residents is $2,800 a year. One problem is that Athens - with its nightlife, mild weather and music scene - may be a little too pleasant. "Athens is a great place to live, and I think for some of our stu dents it's kind of a joke to stay," said Hugh Ruppersburg, an asso ciate dean who leads a committee charged with getting students out on time. "They want a fifth football season. They don't want to leave their friends. And this is a very af fordable education, so it's not like it costs $40,000 a year to stay." Nineteen-year-old freshman Drew Perry said: "Kids just want to have fun and stay in Athens. They don't want to grow up and get a job. I don't either, but I still want to get out in four years. It really is crowded on the buses and the din ing halls and all.” Provost Karen Holbrook said a recent survey that found students average just 13 hours a week in class and six more hours studying. I """ ' "mmm "What are they doing with their time?" she asked. "Certainly many of them work and are involved in extracurricular activities. But we think with the caliber of our stu dents, they can take a much hefti er program and do very well at it." Under a proposal that still needs university approval before taking effect, those who spend more than four years in college would be put behind freshmen in line for coveted parking spaces and football tickets. The most recent national fig ures from the U.S. Education Department show that college stu dents are taking longer to com plete degrees. About 30 percent of , those who were college freshmen in 1993 took six years or longer to graduate, up from 25 percent in 1977. Here s the church, here s the steeple... Open the doors & here are the people... waiting for you at Shandon Methodist. Find your way to a church home while you’re here in Columbia. 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