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Police Beat

Published on April 1, 2008 by The Sentinel

Early Sunday morning, police were dispatched to KSU Place with respect
to a request made by an RA.  The RA stated hearing loud music, and
after approaching the students inside the apartment noticed numerous
bottles of alcohol.  Upon the arrival of police, groups of people began
running to their vehicles.  The people who ran to their cars were then
identified, questioned, and subsequently issued criminal trespass
warnings along with underage drinking citations.

A traffic stop was conducted Monday afternoon to a vehicle disregarding a stop sign on Owl Drive.  The driver was identified and found to have a warrant out in Marietta for a charge of minor in possession of alcohol.  The suspect was arrested and the passenger was then asked for information.  Once out of the car, the officers noticed in plain view in the passenger side door a clear plastic package containing a large amount of green leafy substance suspected to be marijuana, weighing 21.8 grams.  The passenger was also placed under arrest and the car was searched.  The police officers then recovered two more clear plastic packages with the mystery substance weighing 28.7 grams and 30.5 grams, a digital scale, and $598 in cash.  The two suspects were then both placed under arrest for possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute and possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute within 1000 feet of real property owned by a school.  They were also issued criminal trespass warnings.

The fire alarm in the Science Building was set off Tuesday afternoon due to a large amount of smoke on the third floor.  KSU Police and Cobb County Fire Department both arrived on the scene to find room 352 filled with heavy smoke and a strong odor of Sodium Chloride.  A chemical experiment had gone wrong in a room where the ventilation system was not working, creating the excessive smoke.

On Thursday evening a student was pulled over for speeding on Campus Loop Road.  The information came from dispatch that the suspect’s license had been suspended.  Officers then noticed a 12-pack of beer concealed in the back seat.  The driver was placed under arrest for speeding and underage possession of alcohol.

Early Friday, police were dispatched to a physical fight in the Waffle House parking lot. The suspects were yelling profanity and pushing each other. Upon arrival of law enforcement, one suspect ran into the woods behind the Shell gas station and crouched behind a retaining wall. Once police started toward the wall, the subject came out of the woods. The suspect was arrested for obstruction of police and public intoxication.