Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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POLICE REPORT [9 I I 50 I These reports are taken directly from the USC Police Department Compiled by Alexis Stratton. 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 (6 p.m.-6 a.m.) ■ Violent • Nonviolent CRIMES AT UNKNOWN HOURS 0 Violent © Nonviolent Friday, Oct. 31 ® MALICIOUS INJURY TO PERSONAL PROPERTY, BLOSSOM ST. GARAGE, LEVEL 5,1300 BLOSSOM ST. The victim said someone vandalized her car by pulling off.the left driver’s-side mirror and scratching up the left driver’s-side door and left rear door. The victim said that the subject also left a message attached to her vehicle. . ^timated damage: $800. f Sporting officer: D. W. Friels. ® LARCENY OF PATIO CHAIRS, RUSSELL HOUSE PATIO AREA, 1400 GREENE ST. The Complainant said someone took two patio chairs that were unsecured. Estimated value: $400. Reporting officer: D.W. Friels. ■® AUTO BREAK-IN, PETIT LARCENY, MALICIOUS INJURY TO PERSONAL PROPERTY, GRAVEL LOT, 1600 WHEAT ST. The victim said someone broke into his vehicle and took a black purse and a book. No other items were missing. The passenger’s-side front window was broken out. Estimated value: $60. Estimated damage: $150. Reporting officer: I !—-—: -rrr :-: : — E.A. Adkins. A second victim said he parked his vehicle at the above location and that someone broke out the left rear window. Nothing was taken. Estimated damage: $150. Reporting officer: D.W. Friels. © MALICIOUS INJURY TO REAL PROPERTY, CAPSTONE HOUSE, 918 BARNWELL ST. The complainant said the fire door in the basement of Capstone was found damaged. The fire door handle was bent backward. Estimated damage: $150. Reporting officer: E.A. Adkins. © OBSCENE E-MAIL, SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 1233 WASHINGTON ST. The complainant said a subject named James sent an obscene e mail to her computer at the School of Public Health. Reporting officer: C. Taylor. © AUTO BREAK-IN, LARCENY OF BOOKS, BATES HOUSE, S-6 LOT, 1423 WHALEY ST. Someone broke out the back passenger’s side window and removed several books from the victim’s car, including three textbooks. Total estimated value: $210. Reporting officer: S. Alexander. Saturday, Nov. 1 (i; OBSCENE E-MAIL, SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 1233 ■ WASHINGTON ST. The complainant received the exact same e-mail that the complainant from the School of Public Health received on Oct. 31. The complainant said she had no idea who the sender or the listed victim was. Also, by the content of the e-mail, the e-mail was not directed at her. Reporting officer: E.A. Adkins, o ILLEGAL USE OF TELEPHONE (HARASSING), BATES WEST, FRONT DESK , 1405 WHALEY ST. The victim said a white male with a country accent called the front desk at Bates West in a harassing manner. The victim provided a written statement. Reporting officer: J.D. Rosier. O ILLEGAL USE OF TELEPHONE (HARASSING), CAPSTONE HOUSE, FRONT DESK, 902 BARNWELL ST. The victim said someone who sounded as if he was “from South Carolina and in his 30s” called the front desk in a harassing manner. The victim supplied a written statement. Reporting officer: J.D. Rosier. Sunday, Nov. 2 10 MALICIOUS INJURY TO PERSONAL PROPERTY, BLOSSOM ST. GARAGE, LEVEL 12,1300 BLOSSOM ST. The victim said someone broke out all four side windows and the rear window of his vehicle. He also said his rear lights were broken out and that his tag was bent. The body of the vehicle also had several small dents. Estimated damage: $900. Reporting officer: J.L. Meador. # AUTO BREAK-IN, LARCENY OF PRINTER, S-26 LOT, 1200 CATAWBA ST. The victim said someone broke his driver’s-side rear window and removed one Lenox all-in-one laser printer. Estimated value: $200. Reporting officer: J.L. Meador. @ PETIT LARCENY, HORSESHOE, 902 SUMTER ST. While on foot patrol, reporting officer R. A. Whitlock saw that someone had removed the state flag from the flag pole at the Horseshoe. Estimated value: $60. © INTIMIDATION, D-2 LOT, 1112 GREENE ST. The victim said she was parked and talking on her cell phone when a black male, 25 to 30 years old, came from behind her car and started trying to open her door. Her car doors were locked and the windows were rolled up, so the subject began yelling at her to get out of the car and started beating her window. After she did not leave her car, the subject left. The victim left and came to USCPD headquarters. Reporting officer: J.D. Rosier. Monday, Nov. 3 @ LARCENY OF TRASH RECEPTACLE, MCBRYDE QUAD “A,” SUMTER AND BLOSSOM STREETS. The complainant said someone took a green metal trash receptacle. Estimated value: $550. Reporting officer: G.S. Whitlock. © DISORDERLY CONDUCT, KANGAROO CONVENIENCE STORE, 1200 WHALEY ST. Reporting officer J.R. Merrill responded to a call-in reference to the subject Edward Murray, who was trying to sell a CD player -at the above location. Officers Merrill and Pereira approached Murray and asked to speak with him. Murray produced a social security card for identification. When asked about the CD player and bike that he had, he gave evasive and untruthful answers. Pereira and Merrill could also smell a strong odor of alcohol on him. His speech was slurred and had an open container of an alcoholic beverage in a brown bag between his legs. Because of his evasive and untruthful answers, Murray wgs placed into investigative detention while his ID was checked for warrants. ' *-*::'* :" * ■■ w.—.- - — — *- ■ '"";' -' - » -'■■ _ f * Bush comforts wildfire victims in California BY SCOTT LINDLAW T|IK ASSOCIATED PRESS ALPINE, CALIF. — President Bush on Tuesday walked the remnants of a Southern California community devastat ed by wildfire, comforting resi dents he sdid were resilient de spite being “crushed by the ma terial loss.” “A lot of people in this neigh borhood lost all their posses sions, but the spirit is strong,” the president said. “America has got somfe wonderful citizen _ry who just refuse to be defeat ed.” The president flew from his Texas ranch to this fire-scorched area of California as firefighters neared containment of the state’s largest-ever wildfires. They have killed 22 peo ple, destroyed nearly 3,600 homes and blackened more than 743,000 acres of brush and Bush also stepped into the af termath of California’s recall election. Gov. Gray Davis and Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger joined him in Marine One, the presidential he licopter, for a tour of fire damage and at a briefing by fire officials. White House officials ensured that the president alone was seen consoling fire victims. Davis and Schwarzenegger were sent on their own tour while Bush hugged residents of Harbison Canyon, 28 miles east of San Diego, amid a breathtak ing tableau of destruction. Little more than chimneys, foundations and the incinerated shells of cars remained. The acrid smell of air hung thick in the air. Some residents lining the canyon roads seemed shell shocked, taken aback by the pres ident and those accompanying him through their obliterated community. But others seemed in good spirits, laughing and waving as they snapped pictures of the White House procession. Bush went from one wrecked home to the next, introducing himself as simply “George Bush” and shaking his head as he approached residents. At the height of the fires last week, California was spending an estimated $9 million a day fighting the wildfires. The total cost of fighting the blazes could reach $200 million. Bush had declared five coun ties in Southern California fed eral disaster areas, which can clear the way for aid for individu als and busi nesses. Those fight ing the fires de scribed their ef forts to the pres ident, acnwarzenegger anu uavis in a “war room” established for Bush’s visit. From the air, Bush saw the ev idence of the firefighters’ efforts. Undeveloped hills were black ened for mile after mile, and even the runway where Bush touched down was burned. But the flames stopped at housing developments in almost all areas. “I think when people realize the scope of the fires, the his toric nature of these fires, they’ll realize what a superhuman ef fort you all put in to save lives,” Bush later told firefighters. “This is, to me, an ultimate act of sacrifice.” Bush’s California swing closed out a seven-day trip away from Washington. “America has got some wonderful citizenry who just refuse to be defeated.” GEORGE W. BUSH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WILLIAMS-BRICE STADIUM! # I I Why Sterling Oaks? Brand New Apartments August 04 -Ethernet in every bedroom -Full size Washer & Dryer -Private Bedrooms & bathrooms -Individual Leasing -State of the art computer lab -24 hour fitness center -Free Shuttle to campus -Resort Style Pool An SUH® Community SUH® is a trademark ot SUH, Irtb.