POLICE BLOTTER - 19 Jan. 2011

Compiled by Zoe Irizarry

DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE, SPEEDING, DISORDERLY CONDUCT (12/14/11)

At 1:59 a.m., a Winthrop reporting officer was driving on Winthrop Alumni Dr. when he spotted the victim’s vehicle traveling at a high speed, according to the police report. The reporting officer watched the victim ignore two stop signs and recorded the victim traveling at a speed of 54 mph in a 20 mph zone. When the reporting officer pulled over the victim, he smelled alcohol on the victim. When the reporting officer asked the victim for his driver’s license, the victim first handed the officer his Bank of America credit card. After being asked for his driver’s license a second time, the victim handed over his Winthrop student ID. The third time he was asked, he handed his driver’s license, according to the police report. As the reporting officer was looking at the victim’s license, the victim began to use profanity. The reporting officer asked the victim to step outside the vehicle so he could administer a weapons pat down on the victim. The victim then proceeded to say to the reporting officer, “You better not touch me inappropriately.” The reporting officer then administered a field sobriety test on the victim. The victim failed the test and was placed under arrest by the reporting officer, according to the police report. The victim was taken to Rock Hill City Jail and continued to use profanity and make references towards the reporting officer’s sexuality, according to the report. The victim’s blood alcohol level was .21 percent. The victim received charges for disorderly conduct, driving under the influence, speeding and consumption of beer under 21, according to the police report. 

THEFT OF A KINDLE FIRE (1/9/12)

At 12:55 p.m., a Winthrop reporting officer went to the former Bookworm building as a result of a stolen Kindle Fire, according to the police report. While she was taking a lunch break, the victim was eating in her car and trying to connect to the Internet on her Kindle Fire. The Internet was not working, so the victim placed the Kindle Fire in her purse and finished eating her lunch. When the victim returned to finish her workday, she placed her purse in the storage room, according to the police report.  At 4 p.m., the victim had completed her shift and went to her car to find a ticket for “failure to register.” The victim went to campus police to take care of her ticket and get registered and then went home. Later that evening the victim noticed that her Kindle Fire was no longer in her purse. She searched her car and the storage room at her work, without finding the Kindle Fire. The storage room door stays open during the day and is easily accessible to customers and other employees, according to the report. The victim received a victim’s notification form, but if no leads arise the case will be administratively closed, according to the police report.

INDECENT EXPOSURE (1/10/12)

At 3:20 p.m., a Winthrop reporting officer was informed by two victims that a white male had exposed himself to them at the Winthrop Lake, according to the police report. The victims were meeting at the lake to run and once they both parked by the sand volleyball courts, they got out of their vehicles and began to stretch. As they were stretching, the subject passed them on a bicycle, looked at the victims and said, “Damn,” according to police report. The victims laughed and continued to prepare for their run. The subject tried to hide in the trees and continue to watch the victims. The victims noticed the subject watching them and decided to choose a new location for their run, according to the report.  As the victims were leaving, the first victim looked in her rearview mirror to see the subject expose his private area and point to his crotch. The subject did the same thing as the second victim was passing, according to the report. The subject tried to follow the victims but did not keep up. The victims went to campus police. A reporting officer returned to the Winthrop Lake and tried to speak with the subject, but he sped off on his bicycle. The subject is said to be a white male with blond hair and scruffy facial hair, according to the report.  Officers from Winthrop and the Rock Hill Police Department tried to find the subject in the areas around the Winthrop Lake, but could not locate him. This case is being administratively closed because of a lack of evidence, according to the police report.