On Oct. 9, a reporting officer was dispatched to the Olde Stone House to meet with two subjects who informed the RO that a row of disc golf banners had been taken down from in front of Winthrop Coliseum. Three of the banners were missing and assumed stolen. The subjects told the RO that the banners cost $100 each, meaning that they were missing $300 for all three missing banners. The subjects stated that a steak knife was found near the area where the banners were taken down. The RO was unsuccessful at locating the evidence at the scene, and could not get security footage of the crime scene either, so the incident was closed due to lack of leads.
On Oct. 16, a reporting officer responded to a call from a Resident Assistant regarding the smell of marijuana coming from a dorm in Richardson Hall. When the officer got to the room, he could smell the marijuana coming from under the door. He asked the occupant if she had any, to which she responded that she had smoked some a couple of hours ago, and she consented to a search of her room. The RA who had reported the incident then informed the officer that they had observed a female on video surveillance coming out of the occupant’s room carrying two backpacks down the staircase and out the door. The female on the video was identified, and the officer knocked on her door. The officer explained why he was there and asked if the subject had any drugs in the backpacks she had carried out of the room. The subject admitted that the occupant had asked her to take the backpacks out of the room and that she knew there was marijuana in them. She
took the officer to her car, where she had put the backpacks. In them were 2.8 grams of marijuana, two marijuana pipes and a knife, all of which were taken in for evidence, and the officer informed the students that they would be getting a call from the Dean of Students.
On Oct. 18, two victims claimed that they were harassed several times by another student. The reporting officer was informed by Victim #2 that her friend, Victim #3, was talking on the phone when she was approached by the suspect and felt that he had invaded her personal space. Victim #2 stated that this was not the first time this had happened to Victim #3. Victim #1 claimed that she and Victim #2 were eating at a table in the DiGiorgio Campus Center when the suspect found where they were sitting and approached their table and stood over them. Victim #2 asked the suspect to leave them alone when he stated that all he wanted to do was protect Victim #1, who said that the suspect had approached her several times and made her feel uncomfortable.
The reporting officer informed the victims that the suspect was a Think College Student and that he probably meant well. The victims then stated that they had informed their Resident Assistant several times, but nothing had been done. The officer then informed the victims that he would fill out an incident report and refer the incident to the Dean of Students.
On Oct. 21, at the intersection of Eden Terrace and Charlotte Avenue, a black Jeep, which was waiting at a red light in both the right and left hand turning lanes, proceeded into the intersection after changing lanes unlawfully. The reporting officer approached the vehicle and made contact with the two suspects in the car, neither of whom had any Winthrop affiliation. The officer then detected the odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle, so the RO asked the suspects to exit the car. The officer did a quick pat-down for weapons when he noticed that Suspect #2 had stuffed a bag of marijuana into his pants. The officer placed the suspect in handcuffs and searched the car, where he found a grinder to grind up the marijuana, a package containing marijuana flower and a package of cigarillos. The suspect was issued citations for possession of marijuana first offense, minor in possession of tobacco and changing lanes unlawfully.
Graphic by Maggie Claytor
