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 fora crime corresponding with numbered descriptions in the list below. OAY CRIMES (6a.m.-6 p.m.) □ Violent O Nonviolent NIGHT CRIMES (6p.m.-6a.m.) ■ Violent • Nonviolent CRIMES AT UNKNOWN HOURS □ Violent © Nonvioient Wednesday, Nov. 26 ® MALICIOUS INJURY TO REAL PROPERTY, BULL STREET GARAGE, 600 BULL ST. v Reporting officer D. Pardue was checking the above property and discovered that the gate arm to the Devine Street entrance of the garage had been broken. Estimated damage: $400. Friday, Nov. 28 Q DISORDERLY CONDUCT, MINOR IN POSSESSION OF BEER, COLONIAL CENTER, 801 LINCOLN ST. Reporting officer E.L. Pereira observed William Kendrick with an open container of beer while inside the Colonial Center. When Pereira approached Kendrick, he said he was 21 years old but could not produce identification. Further investigation revealed that he was only 20 years old. Pereira reported that Kendrick was unsteady on his feet and that he smelled a strong odor of alcohol on his breath. Kendrick said he could not remember how many beers he had but could only say “a lot.” Q MINOR IN POSSESSION OF BEER, COLONIAL CENTER, 801 LINCOLN ST. Michael Watson was observed by reporting officer E.L. Pereira with an open container of beer in his possession while inside the Colonial Center. Watson was only 20 years old. O MINOR IN POSSESSION OF LIQUOR, COLONIAL CENTER, 801 LINCOLN ST. While in the Colonial Center, reporting officer E.L. Pereira observed Ashley Price with a mixed drink containing liquor. Price was only 19 years old. Q COUNTERFEIT MONEY, CAROLINA COLISEUM, 701 ASSEMBLY ST. The complainant said that while selling an ice cream product at a hockey game, a white male paid him in three one-dollar bills that are counterfeit. Reporting officer: Snyder. Saturday, Nov. 29 6) HIT AND RUN (PROPERTY DAMAGE), PICKENS AND BLOSSOM STREETS The subject hit the brick “University of South Carolina” sign at the intersection of Blossom and Pickens streets with a vehicle^ causing damage to the sign. The subject then left the scene without reporting the accident. Investigation continues. Reporting officer: J.D. Rosier. Sunday, Nov. 30 © AUTO BREAK-IN, PETIT LARCENY, S-7 PARKING LOT, 1321 WHALEY ST. The victim said someone broke out the right passenger’s-side window of her 1991 Toyota, entering and taking a black Pioneer cassette player. Estimated value: $200. Reporting officer: D.W. Friels. © LARCENY OF BICYCLE, DOUGLAS RESIDENCE HALL, 614 MAIN ST. The victim said that between Nov. 27 and Nov. 30, someone took his secured mountain bike from the bike rack at the above location. The bike was secured with a cable and padlock. Estimated value: $115. Reporting officer: G. Kerwin. © LARCENY OF BICYCLE, COLUMBIA HALL, 918 BARNWELL ST. The victim said that between Nov. 23 and Nov. 30, someone took his black bicycle along with the chain and padlock used to secure it. Estimated value: $35. Reporting officer: G. Kerwin. @ MALICIOUS INJURY TO PERSONAL PROPERTY, BATES HOUSE, 1423 WHALEY ST. The victim said that between Nov. 21 and Nov. 30, her television was repeatedly scratched on the screen. She said she thinks Shonda Smack was involved. Estimated damage: $80. Reporting officer: J.M. Simmons. Monday, Dec. 1 ® LARCENY OF RADIO/CD PLAYER, WARDLAW COLLEGE, 820 MAIN ST. The victim said that between Nov. 26 and Dec. 1, someone took his Bose radio/CD player from Room 201. Estimated value: $500. Reporting officer: G. Kerwin. 0 LARCENY OF BICYCLE, COLUMBIA HALL, 918 BARNWELL ST. The victim said someone removed his secured bicycle from the above location. Estimated value: $145. Reporting officer: R.B. Baker. 0 LARCENY OF BICYCLE, COLUMBIA HALL, 918 BARNWELL ST. The victim said that between Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, someone took his secured silver bicycle from the above incident location. Estimated value: $140. Reporting officer: R.B. Baker. © LARCENY OF BICYCLE, PINCKNEY-LEGARE, 902 SUMTER ST. The complainant said someone cut his chain that attached his bike to the stairwell at the above location. Someone took the chain and the complainant’s gray mountain bike. Estimated value: $195. Reporting officers: C. Morant, D. Pardue. © LARCENY OF MONEY, JAMES F. BYRNES BUILDING, 901 SUMTER ST. The victim said someone took her black wallet from the unsecured Room 709. The wallet included her social security card, bank card, driver’s permit, USC ID and money. Estimated value: $81. Reporting officer: R.B. Baker. © LARCENY OF BICYCLE, COLUMBIA HALL, 918 BARNWELL M ST. The victim said that between ^ Nov. 25 and Dec. 1, someone took his secured mountain bike without his permission. Estimated value: $500. Reporting officer: J.R. Merrill. ® LARCENY OF BICYCLE, JONES PHYSICAL SCIENCE CENTER, 712 MAIN ST. The victim said someone took his bicycle without his permission. Estimated value: $300. Reporting officer: J.R. Merrill. © LARCENY OF BICYCLE, DOUGLAS RESIDENCE HALL, 614 MAIN ST. The victim said that between Nov. 25 and Dec. 1, someone took his red and silver bicycle from the above location. Estimated value: $75. Reporting officer: M.L. Gooding. ^ Court tells police to wait 20 seconds before knocking down door BY GINA HOLLAND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON - After knock ing, police don’t have to wait longer than 20 seconds before breaking into the home of a drug suspect, a unanimous Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in a case in volving a man who said he need ed more time to get from the show er to the door. LaShawn Banks emerged soapy and naked to find masked, heavily armed officers searching for drugs in his Las Vegas apartment in 1998. His case gave the court its first opportunity to say how long police must wait before breaking into a home to serve a warrant. The court didn’t set a specific standard but said the brief delay in the Banks case was long enough. Any more time would give drug suspects an opportuni ty to flush evidence down the toi let. Justice David H. Souter, writ ing for the nine justices, said while “this call is a close one, we think that after 15 or 20 seconds without a response, police could fairly suspect that cocaine would be gone if they were reticent any longer.” He noted the unfortunate tim ing of the afternoon raid, which brought Banks “out dripping to confront the police.” But police didn’t know Banks was in the shower, he said. Banks’ lawyer, Randall Roske, criticized the ruling, saying it will lead to aggressive searches, “Police are going to read this as, ‘Knock and announce and kick the door in,”’ he said. The Supreme Court has said that in most cases, police armed with court warrants to search for drugs must knock and announce themselves, otherwise they run afoul of the Constitution’s Fourth Amendment ban on unreasonable searches. There are exceptions, such as when police have reason to believe a suspect would be dan gerous. Although Tuesday’s ruling did not spell out exactly how long is a reasonable time to wait before ex ecuting warrants for drugs or oth er contraband, it’s likely many of ficers in drug cases will follow Souter’s reasoning and feel wait ing 15 to 20 seconds is appropri ate. “This gives officers the leeway they were taking throughout the country,” said George Washington University law pro fessor Stephen Saltzburg. “This is a case that suggests great defer ence to the police.” Officers knocked and an nounced themselves at Banks’ apartment, then waited 15 to 20 seconds before using a battering ram to break down the door. They forced Banks to the floor and hand cuffed him, then allowed him to put on underwear, court records show. The North Las Vegas police and federal officers found crack co caine and three guns during the raid. Banks served four years of an 11-year prison sentence before his conviction was overturned. Banks, 26, was at work Tuesday and not available for comment. His attorney said he would be re turning to prison. Souter said that because police believed there were drugs inside Banks’ home, officers had more reason to rush in. He said officers do not have freedom to destroy property in any raids without longer delays. “Police seeking a stolen piano may be able to spend more time to make sure they really need the battering ram,” Souter wrote. Generally, courts have consid ered whether police moved too hastily “case by case, largely avoiding categories and protocols for searches,” Souter said. He not ed that some courts have found de lays shorter than 15 seconds to be reasonable. Justices reversed the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in Banks’ favor. Souter said that the appeals court was wrong to set up a multipart scheme for reviewing knock-and-announce cases. The Supreme Court ruled in 1995 that no-knock entries usual ly are unlawful. Two years later, A justices gave an exception to offi- ™ cers executing drug warrants who can.show they had reason to be lieve a suspect would be danger ous or destroy evidence. Work it off by working out at “ Strom Thurmond Wellness and Fitness Center http://campusrec.sc.edu 576-9375