An officer with the Winthrop University Police Department responded to a call for “a welfare check” at Roddey Apartments on Aug. 28. The report states that a couple of friends of a Roddey resident were concerned for the resident’s well-being after he had recently experienced some familiar trauma that ended in the loss of his medication.
The Roddey resident had sent some very concerning texts, prompting his friends to call in a welfare check. When the officer was able to approach the Roddey resident and ask about his well-being, the subject responded by saying that his “life was a game, wrapped inside of a game.”
The subject then spoke about “hackers trying to hack into [his] game of life, so he constantly had to change levels of the game.” The responding officer asked the subject if he had any intention of harming himself or others and the subject replied that he had no such intention, but that he had not had access to his medication in a long time. The responding officer then contacted Counseling
Services where the subject was put in contact with Community Crisis Counseling. The subject’s pupils started dilating before EMS was dispatched.
When EMS arrived, they surmised that the subject might be under the influence of some sort of drug, but the subject declined to be transported to the hospital. Upon leading EMS out of Roddey Apartments, the responding officer was met by another Roddey resident who informed the officer that the subject had been found rummaging through his apartment. When he asked the subject to leave, he did.
The responding officer then spoke with a Residence Life employee living in Roddey who said that the subject had been causing issues all throughout the day and had attempted to enter more apartments in the building. The subject was placed into Emergency Protective Custody and taken to Piedmont Medical Center for evaluation.
On Sept. 16, police responded to a call about a person dancing in front of the windows of Richardson. The responding officer confronted the subject and the subject informed the officer that he was homeless and was there to meet people. The responding officer asked the subject to leave campus, but after the subject refused, the responding officer placed the subject on trespass notice.
On Sept. 16, police were told by a group of friends that they came across a suspicious person while walking around. The friends told the officer that the suspicious subject approached them
and made them feel uncomfortable. A person in the group gave the suspicious person five dollars. The subject then said he “would be back.”
On Sept. 17, Human Resources informed the Winthrop University Police that a member of Winthrop faculty and staff had been arrested by the Rock Hill Police Department for assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature. As a result of the subject having been charged with ABHAN, even though the incident happened off campus, the subject was placed on trespass notice.
