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Police Beat

Published on September 30, 2008 by The Sentinel

    On Monday, Sept. 1, a victim of a domestic dispute went to Public
Safety to file a complaint.  She stated that her boyfriend picked her
up in the North Parking Deck to help unload groceries and began to
complain about an earlier phone conversation.

    The victim called her friends, but her boyfriend snatched the phone away.  They began arguing heatedly over the phone and the boyfriend then proceeded to use violence on the victim.  The suspect was later identified and found drunk in his apartment.  Police arrested the suspect for underage consumption and simple battery.

    Police were dispatched to KSU Place Apartments early in the morning on Thursday, Sept. 4, in reference to possible drug use in progress.  Once police arrived on the scene they were directed to a car with three occupants.  Once the subjects rolled down the window the officers could smell a strong odor of marijuana.  The three admitted to smoking and handed over a black case with a red, white, and blue pipe and a silver hand grinder with a green leaf on top, all containing suspected burnt marijuana.  A total weight of 5 grams of marijuana was found in the car and on the suspects, and the owner of the car was issued a citation for V.G.C.S.A. less than one ounce, and all three received criminal trespass warnings.

    On the morning of Sept. 4, police were advised that graffiti was found in Facility Planning and Design.  The complaint stated that one of the employees had drawn a penis with a face that resembled one of the workers with the worker’s name written under it.  The graffiti was painted over and a full report was completed.

    On Friday, Sept. 5, at about 4:20am police were advised about possible marijuana use in the University Place Apartments.  A student overheard residents talking about smoking marijuana and reported it to his RA’s.  The police confronted the occupants of the suspected apartment and upon entry smelled a strong odor of marijuana.  The occupant confessed to smoking earlier that day and when the police searched the room they found small particles of marijuana on the study table, marijuana stems and seeds in the waste basket along with a small plastic bag that smelled as tough it contained marijuana at some time.  The suspect then gave officers a homemade “gravity bong” from his closet.  The student was given a judiciary notice and a Student General Misconduct Notice.

    The evening of Saturday Sept. 6, police were dispatched to a fight occurring in the KSU Place Apartments.  When police arrived on the scene there was one subject found with contusions on his face and bleeding from his mouth and lips.  An ambulance was called for the man who seemed to also be very intoxicated.  The subject denied any reports of a fight and said he didn’t know how he was injured.  The suspect blew positive for the presence of alcohol in the Alcosensor.  The other suspect in the fight was identified but not found.  Police issued a warrant for fighting in a public place to the missing subject.  The injured suspect refused transport to the hospital and was then placed under arrest for underage possession of alcohol and fighting in a public place.

    On Saturday, Sept. 6, police pulled over a vehicle for failing to stop at the stop sign at Canton Place and the North Parking Deck.  The officer could immediately smell a strong odor of alcohol on the driver and noticed bloodshot eyes and slurred speech.  The driver denied having had alcohol that night and then began crying saying that she couldn’t get in trouble again because she was “in a pre-trial diversion program for a DUI already.”  The officer let the driver know that she had just admitted to using alcohol that night.  The driver then refused to field tests after saying she had a condition called ADHD that would prevent her from walking in a straight line or standing on one leg.  She was placed under arrest for failure to stop at a stop sign, DUI, underage possession of alcohol and no license on person.

    Another fight occurred during the early morning hours of Sept. 6, involving a male and a female in the University Village Apartments.  The male had scratch marks on his neck and shoulders and red marks on his arms.  The female had missing pieces of hair and scratches on her knees.  She stated that she had been physically struck by the male suspect.  The male was uncooperative and tried to leave so he was placed under arrest.  The officer smelled an odor of alcoholic beverages coming from both suspects.  A witness stated that they saw a male sitting on top of a female in the University Village Quad punching her.  Once the witness ran up the male let her go.  The male was found to be the primary aggressor and was arrested for Simple Battery and Public Drunk.

    On Thursday, Sept. 11, a traffic stop was conducted on a vehicle with an expired tag.  The officer then smelled and suspected marijuana use by the driver.  The whites of both eyes were bloodshot and his pupils were constricted.  The suspect performed sobriety tests and failed two, the nine step walk and turn and the one leg stand.  The suspect was then taken to Kennestone Hospital for testing of his blood and urine.  The suspect was placed under arrest for an unregistered vehicle, DUI, and drugs.

    Early morning Sunday, Sept. 14, a fight involving four people was going on at the Waffle House on Frey Road.  The involved parties had conflicting stories of what had happened but they all agreed that the fight began because of a song by the group Journey.  There were minor injuries to the faces and hands of all the subjects.  They all agreed not to take out charges because it was a “stupid college fight.”