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POLICE REPORT
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Each number on
the map stands
fora crime
corresponding
with numbered
descriptions in
the list below.
DAY CRIMES
(6a.m.-6 p.m.)
* |b □ Violent
Z I O Nonviolent
:| NIGHT CRIMES
(6p.m.-6a.m.)
■ Violent
• Nonviolent
CRIMES AT
UNKNOWN
HOURS
0 Violent
0 Nonviolent
These reports are taken directly from the USC Police Department
Compiled by Wendy Jeffcoat
Friday, April 25
(D LARCENY OF WALLET,
BYRNES CENTER, 901
SUMTER ST.
The victim said she saw a man
leave her office and that, after
checking the area, she
realized her wallet was
missing. It contained a
checkbook, two Social
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Security cards, a birth
certificate, a Blockbuster card
and a Sam’s Club card.
' Estimated value: $20.
Reporting officer: B. Timbers.
(© ILLEGAL USE OF
TELEPHONE, HARASSING,
BATES WEST, 1405 WHALEY
ST.
The victim said Jarret Bruster
continually calls and disturbs
her. She has asked him to stop
calling her. She said that
when Bruster calls and she
picks up the phone, he only
breathes. Reporting officer: B.
Timbers.
© LARCENY OF PURSE,
COKER LIFE SCIENCES
BUILDING, 715 SUMTER ST.
The victim said someone took
her purse, which contains an
automated-teller-machine
card, two Visa credit cards, a
Belk credit card, a Lowe’s
credit card, a South Carolina
driver’s license, a USC ID card
and a key ring. Reporting
officer: D. Pardue.
o MALICIOUS INJURY TO ’
REAL PROPERTY, SOUTH
QUAD, 500 SUMTER ST.
Reporting officer D. Hare
responded to a fire alarm on
the second floor. The
Columbia Fire Department
determined that the cause was
a discharged fire extinguisher
on the second floor of the
north building. The floor of
the second floor of the north
building was damaged.
| Estimated damage: $250.
| Reporting officer: D. Hare.
O NO DRIVER’S LICENSE IN
POSSESSION, PENDLETON
AND PICKENS STREETS
Reporting officer D. Hare
stopped Kevin Lowe for
having no headlights. Lowe
had no driver’s license with
him. Lowe was arrested,
booked in the field and
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© TRESPASS AFTER NOTICE,
RUSSELL HOUSE, 1400
GREENE ST.
Reporting officer M. Gooding
saw Brandon Sharpe on USC
property after he had been
warned to stay off. Sharpe was
arrested and taken to
Richland County Detention
Center.
Saturday, April 26
O DRIVING UNDER THE
INFLUENCE, ASSEMBLY AND
WHALEY STREETS
While on routine patrol,
reporting officers N. Beza and
J. Simmons saw Douglas Kelly
driving east on Blossom Street
at a high rate of speed and
turning south on Assembly
Street. Kelly was also weaving
between the left and right
lanes. The officers stopped
Kelly, and when he got out of
the vehicle, Kelly stumbled
over to Beza and Simmons.
Kelly smelled like alcohol, and
when he was asked about his
registration and insurance,
Kelly was unsure of what they
were. Kelly failed three field
sobriety tests. He was arrested
and taken to the Columbia
Police Department for a
Breathalyzer test, but he
wouldn’t blow in the machine.
Kelly was then taken to
Richland County Detention
Center and his vehicle was
towed to the city garage,
o DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE,
SIMS, 1501 DEVINE ST.
Reporting officers J. Clarke
and J. Taylor responded to a
call that a couple was fighting.
When they arrived, the
officers found Wesley Wolfe
leaving, and stopped to
question him. The shift
supervisor met with the
victim and asked her about
the incident. Relationship
counselors were notified and,
after they talked with both
parties, neither wished to
press charges. The USC Police
Department drove Wolfe home
because he was under the
influence of alcohol,
o FAILURE TO YIELD THE
RIGHT OF WAY, DRIVING
UNDER SUSPENSION, FALSE
LICENSE PLATE, OPERATING
UNINSURED VEHICLE, 100
ASSEMBLY ST.
Terriance Cole failed to yield
the right of way to
approaching traffic by driving
the front half of his vehicle
into the roadway directly in
front of the reporting officer’s
vehicle. Officers J. Merrill and
E. Pereira were forced to take
action to avoid a collision.
They stopped Cole and, when
they approached him, Cole
said his South Carolina
driver’s license was
suspended. A records check
confirmed the suspension.
Cole’s vehicle also had a tag
that belonged to another
vehicle and driver. Cole
admitted he could not show
proof of insurance because he
didn’t have insurance. He also
said he had just purchased the
vehicle by private sale but had
no papers to prove it. Cole was
arrested and taken to
Richland County Detention
Center.
Sunday, April 27
GJ DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE,
BATES, 1423 WHALEY ST.
Reporting officers J. Clarke
and J. Taylor responded to a
call from a resident adviser.
Clarke and Taylor went into
Ashlee Cook’s room after they
heard yeEing. They found the
victim sitting on the bed with
his shirt off; he had several
red scratches and abrasions
on his neck, face and chest.
Clarke and Taylor separated
both parties for questioning;
both parties, who were
underage, had been drinking
and arguing, but they claimed
to be friends. The victim
refused medical treatment and
was escorted out of the
residence hall and given a
trespass warning because he
was not a USC student.
Neither party wanted to press
charges.
Monday, April 28
@ GRAND LARCENY OF
MOTOR VEHICLE, PARKING
LOT, 2718 MIDDLEBURG
DRIVE
The complainant said that
when she arrived at work, she
noticed that the dark blue
Caravan belonging to State
Fleet Management had been
stolen. There were no signs of
broken glass in the parking
lot. The vehicle, which had
been secured, contained
miscellaneous research and
medical equipment. Estimated
value: $13,963. Reporting
officer: J. Meador. (Off map)
@ LARCENY OF ID, SOUTH
QUAD, 500 SUMTER ST.
The complainant said O’Neal
Smi+h took his USC ID.
Reporting officer: D. Baker.
MALICIOUS INJURY TO
@ PERSONAL PROPERTY,
MCBRYDE, 614 SUMTER ST.
The complainant said
someone broke out the
window to his room.
Estimated damage: $100.
Reporting officer: T. Means.
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dent winders of awards for in
ternationally focused research.
Three graduate students in
anthropology received awards.
Stephan Lenik will study the cul
tural significance of funeral cer
emonies and cemeteries of en
slaved Africans. Jennifer
Wendeln will analyze the pro
duction and marketing of shea
butter as a reflection of rural
women's economy. And Audrey
Dawson will continue her study
of the establishment of planta
tions and the creation of a cul
tural landscape in the French
West Indies.
Two doctoral students from the
History Department received
awards. Jonathan Wes Gantt,
whose research focuses o,n the im
pact of Irish terrorism on
American international relations
between the Civil War and W6rld
War I, will study archival collec
tions. Melissa Jane Taylor, who
studies Jewish immigration to
the United States during the 1930s
and ’40s, will tour Jewish cultural
heritage sites in Eastern Europe.
Sam-Sang Jo, a doctoral stu
dent researching crisis resolu
tion and the decision-making
process in the European Union,
will interview government otn
cials in the EU and various na
tional governments of Europe.
Also receiving awards were
two marine-science undergrad
uates researching the Lena
River delta in the Russian
Arctic. Brandy Glett and Laurel
Stanko will study Russian lan
guage and culture.
JoLenik Dawson received
Ceny Walker Graduate
Research Fellowships, which
fund field research for Ph.D. or
M.A. candidates. The others re
ceived International Experience
Awards.
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