August police blotter: Man asks to go to jail

Compiled by Jonathan McFadden

CONSUMPTION OF BEER UNDER 21

(8/2/10)

At 1:06 a.m. on Aug. 2, a Campus Police officer was stopped by a man in the front of Lee
Wicker, at the corner of Park Ave. and Cherry Road.

The officer approached the man as the man said that he had a warrant for his arrest and wanted
to turn himself in. He said that the warrant was with the Rock Hill Police Dept. for possession of
marijuana because he had failed to attend Keystone Substance Abuse Services.

The officer checked the man for warrants with Rock Hill City and York County. Both agencies
said that they did not have a warrant for the man.

The officer told the man that he was free to go, but the man insisted on being taken into
custody. He said that he had been drinking beer and wanted to go to jail in order to “straighten
this out."

The officer noticed that the man’s eyes were glazed and he had an odor of alcohol. The officer
placed him in custody for consumption of beer under the age of 21 and took him to Rock Hill
City Jail.