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THE GAMECOCK • Wednesday, July 13, 2005
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Traffic ,
| Your guide to navigating Q || [
Columbia’s mean streets ” * J.
FROM NEWS RELEASES
♦ Worthy traffic news: the city’s
got a new marketing campaign to
“diffuse negative impressions” of
Columbia’s ongoing streetscaping.
The campaign will aim its road
rage elixir at the Vista, Maih Street,
Two Notch Road and Five Points.
With nine billboards and a possible
Web site in the works, kudos to the
city for at least trying to salve its
potholes.
♦ Construction crews are
stepping up production, working
12-hour shifts. Let 'em work, let
‘em live, let 'em finish the roads for
Pete’s sake.
♦ On with the useful stuff: the
1200 BLOCK OF MAIN STREET is
closed to vehicle traffic. No news
here, but the aforementioned items
give a little hope.
♦ GERVAIS STREET TRAFFIC
BETWEEN SUMTER AND
ASSEMBLY streets is one lane both
ways. Paving will be underway
soon, and traffic will shift to the
north side of the intersection.
Savor those lovely asphalt fumes
and drift away.
♦ FIVE POINTS, lovely Five
Points. Devine Street traffic could
be closed or shifted at the drop of a
hat, along with the rest of Harden
Street. The 25 MPH speed limit
seems a wee bit lofty, considering
motorists passing through can see
turtles and slugs zipping by them.
AIR JORDAN
LAURA-JOYCE GOUGWTHE GAMECOCK
WUSC-FM disc jockey and USC graduate Jordan Redmond mans the mic late Tuesday night.
Students can listen to Redmond and other DJs on 90.5 FM.
POLICE REPORT
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COMPILED BY TAYLOR SMITH/THE GAMECOCK
These reports are taken directly from the USC
Police Department.
Each number on
the map stands
for a crime
corresponding
with numbered
descriptions in
the list below.
DAY CRIMES
(6 a.m.-6 p.m.)
□ Violent
O Nonviolent
NIGHT CRIMES
(6 p.m.-6 a.m.)
■ Violent
• Nonviolent
CRIMES AT
UNKNOWN
HOURS
□ Violent
© Nonviolent
TUESDAY, JULY 5
Odui, first degree
Greene and Barnwell streets
While on patrol, reporting
officer J. M. Harrelson observed a
Ford Explorer disregard a stop sign
at a high speed. Upon making a
traffic stop, Harrelson noticed a
strong odor of alcohol coming
from inside the vehicle. The
subject, a 22-year-old Columbia
man, was asked to undergo a field
sobriety test. The subject failed the
test and was placed under arrest.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 6
©LARCENY OF FOOD
Carolina Gardens, 101 Pickens
St.
The complainant said someone
stole her hamburger meat.
Estimated value: $5.
Reporting officer: J.E. Silcox.
©DISREGARD OF TRAFFIC
SIGNAL AND SIMPLE
POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA
Greene and Pickens streets
After making a traffic stop for a
vehicle that disregarded a traffic
signal, reporting officer B. Timbers
was waiting for information to
return on the status of the vehicles
license plate when he noticed the
subject, a 20-year-old Columbia
man, reach below the front and back
of the drivers seat. After asking him ,
to step out of the car, assisting officer
J.M. Harrelson noticed an open
container of beer nudged under the
drivers seat. While searching the
glove box of the vehicle, the
reporting officer noticed a small
black zip-up case in which a “green
leafy substance” and pipe were
found. The subject was arrested for
simple possession of marijuana.
THURSDAY, JULY 7
•illegal transfer of beer
TO A MINOR
College Mart, 2100 Devine St.
While conducting alcohol
enforcement team operations,
reporting officers J.M. Harrelson
and M. Wheeler witnessed an
illegal transfer of beer to a minor.
Upon approaching the subject, a
40-year-old Columbia man, the
officers asked him for
identification, which he did not
have. Upon further investigation,
officers obtained the subject’s
information and ran it through the
National Criminal Information
Center. The search confirmed the
subject was wanted in Georgia for
six counts of aggravated child
molestation and was wanted by the
U.S. Army for desertion. The
subject was arrested.