Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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POLICE REPORT 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.-6a.m.) ■ Violent • Nonviolent CRIMES AT UNKNOWN HOURS ED Violent fj Nonviolent Tuesday, Oct. 7 ® LARCENY OF BICYCLE, CAPSTONE HOUSE, 902 BARNWELL ST. Tfie victim said someone removed his secured bicycle from the rack at the above location some time between Oct. 1 and Oct. 7. Total estimated value: $110. Reporting officer: D. Par due. Tuesday, Nov. 6 ® LARCENY OF BICYCLE, CAPSTONE HOUSE, 902 BARNWELL ST. The victim said someone removed his secured bicycle from the rack at the above location some time between Nov. 5 and Nov. 6. Total estimated value: $110. Reporting officer: D. Pardue. Friday, Nov. 14 0 ASSAULT WITH A KNIFE (ATTEMPT), GREEK VILLAGE, BLOSSOM AND LINCOLN STREETS. The victim said someone pulled out a knife and said “he would hurt him with the knife.” The victim gave a written statement about the incident. Reporting officer: C. Taylor. ® PETIT LARCENY, DOUGLAS RESIDENCE HALL, 614 MAIN ST. The victim said someone took from his unsecured room a Jansport book bag, a notebook, a folder, an assignment book, a TI 83 calculator, floppy disks, glasses, a Samsung cell phone and a calculus book. Total estimated value: $640. Reporting officer: D.W. Friels. ©LARCENY OF TEXTBOOK, GRAND MARKETPLACE, 1400 GREENE ST. The victim said someone took from her a blue book bag a purple Nokia cell phone, Carolina Reader textbook, debit card, room key, Louisiana driver’s license and $20. Total estimated value: $180. Reporting officer: C. Taylor. © AUTO BREAK-IN, LARCENY OF FACE PLATE, S-3 LOT, 1719 PENDLETON ST. The victim said someone took a gray face plate and various papers from his vehicle. Estimated value: $75. Reporting officer: C. Taylor. Sunday, Nov. 16 Q POSSESSION OF BEER BY PERSON UNDER 21, TRANSFER OF BEER TO PERSON UNDER 21, MCMASTER COLLEGE, ROOM 103,1106 PICKENS ST. While on patrol at McMaster College, reporting officers J.D. Rosier and C. Morant saw Mallory Wetherell and Benjamin Truesdale in Room 103 drinking alcohol. Wetherell is under 21 years of age, and Truesdale admitted to buying the alcohol. © PETIT LARCENY, SENATE STREET GARAGE, LEVEL 2,1600 SENATE ST. The victim said two center caps were removed from his vehicle’s tires. Estimated value: $20. Reporting officer: E.A. Adkins. © SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY, PRESTON COLLEGE, 1323 GREENE ST. The victim said suspicious activity is going on concerning him. Reporting officer: J.D. Rosier. Monday, Nov. 17 @ LARCENY OF BICYCLE, BATES WEST, 1405 WHALEY ST. The complainant said she saw an unknown black male cut a lock securing a bicycle and then ride away on the bicycle. The subject was accompanied by another black male wearing a red-and white jacket, but the complainant did not see his face. The bicycle did not belong to the complainant. Estimated value: $100. Reporting officer: G. Kerwin. © MALICIOUS INJURY TO REAL PROPERTY, BULL STREET GARAGE, 600 BULL ST. The complainant said someone broke the gate arms at the Devine Street entrance to the garage. Both the entrance- and exit-gate arms were damaged. Estimated damage: $300. Reporting officer: D. Pardue. ® SHOPLIFTING, POSSESSION OF FALSE S.C. DRIVER’S LICENSE, RUSSELL HOUSE, SECOND LEVEL, 1400 GREENE ST. Reporting officer G. Kerwin responded to a shoplifting call at the Russell House. When Kerwin arrived, subject Brandon Langford admitted to taking two cheeseburgers without paying. Langford was arrested for shoplifting. Upon searching Langford as a result of the arrest, a fake S.C. driver’s license was found in Langford’s wallet. Estimated value: $5. Reporting officer: G. Kerwin. ©SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY, PATTERSON HALL, INTERSECTION OF BULL STREET AND SOUTH CIRCLE. The complainant and a witness said they were stopped by an unknown white male at the above location. The subject started a conversation with them that they said made them feel uneasy. Reporting officer: B. « Timbers. @ SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY, VU MCBRYDE QUADRANGLE, BUILDING C, 1313 BLOSSOM ST. i The victim said he has been having problems with his roommate Kenneth Mishoe. Mishoe has since moved to a different building. The victim said Mishoe took and later returned his stereo. After Mishoe was allowed into the victim’s room to remove his possessions, the victim said he * discovered that his TI-83 calculator was missing and that * a tube of facial medication and floor pillows belonging to him had been damaged. Reporting 2 officer: B. Timbers. ©TRAFFICKING IN GAMMA HYDROXYBUTRIC ACID (GHB), « COLUMBIA HALL, 918 BARNWELL ST. Reporting officer M.L. Gooding responded to a call 3 of possible drug use at the above * location and met the residence hall director of the building. Approximately 19 ounces of a substance thought to be GHB was recovered from the room. if Subject Matthew Willi was arrested. m ; "-'zu + Tuesday, Nov. 18 © FIRE (NONSUSPICIOUS), 1328 WHEAT ST. Reporting officer T. Brewster responded to * the above location in reference to * a vehicle fire. The Columbia Police Department responded and extinguished the fire. Grant CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 positive behavior programming and increasing academic achieve ment, they can improve the quali ty of life for their students,” Yell said. The college receives support from the state Department of Education’s office of Exceptional Children. “They have been very support ive of our efforts to train teachers in this area because it is a critical need in South Carolina. There is a shortage of teachers to work with youngsters with emotional disabilities in our state,” Yell said. 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