POLICE BLOTTER - 26 Jan. 2012
Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 1:25PM Compiled by Zoe Irizarry
LARCENY OF A BICYCLE (1/16/12)
At 8:27 a.m., a Winthrop reporting officer went to Thurmond regarding a stolen “bait bike,” according to the police report. A “bait bike” is a bike owned by the state of South Carolina and used by Winthrop police officers. Winthrop has two “bait bikes” and they are furnished with global positioning devices. A dispatcher informed the reporting officer that the bike was positioned at the intersection of Ebenezer Road and Murrah Drive, according to the police report. The reporting officer went to that location and found a black male riding what appeared to be the “bait bike.” The reporting officer stopped the offender and asked him where he found the bike. The offender said he was “tired of walking to work” and when he saw the bike he took it, according to the police report. The reporting officer arrested the offender for larceny of a bike and also gave him a Winthrop University Trespassing Warning notification, prohibiting the offender from entering the campus or any other land owned by Winthrop University for one year, according to the police report.
CONSUMPTION OF BEER UNDER 21 (1/14/12)
At 12:15 a.m., a Winthrop reporting officer told another officer that a student was banished from a party at the Kappa Sigma house for being involved in a fight, according to the police report. The other officer also informed the reporting officer that the student appeared to be intoxicated. The reporting officer smelled alcohol on the student and the subject informed the reporting officer that he was 19 years old. The student was arrested and taken to the Rock Hill City Jail, according to the police report.
CONSUMPTION OF BEER UNDER 21 (1/14/12)
At 12:47 a.m., a Winthrop reporting officer watched the subject get carried out of the front door of the Kappa Sigma House, according to the police report. The reporting officer tried to talk to the subject but got no response. The smell of alcohol was coming from the subject. She was breathing but only semi conscious. EMS was called and took the subject to Piedmont Medical Center for care, according to the police report. PMC informed the reporting officer that two drivers licenses were found on the subject. The reporting officer acquired the subject’s correct driver’s license information and learned that she was under 21. The subject was given a ticket for consumption of alcohol under 21, according to the police report.
POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA, POSSESSION OF LIQUOR UNDER 21 (1/14/12)
At 2:11 a.m., a Winthrop reporting officer was sent to Richardson Hall regarding a strong scent of marijuana coming from a room on the second floor, according to the police report. The reporting officer entered the room and smelled marijuana around the room. Three subjects acknowledged having smoked marijuana in the room earlier but when asked if they had marijuana in the room at that time, all three subjects denied it, according to the police report. The two residents of the room gave the reporting officer permission to search the room and upon searching the reporting officer found a plastic bag containing 0.5 grams of marijuana hidden inside a potato chip bag. The reporting officer placed one of the students under arrest and asked the other two if there were any other illegal things inside the room. One of the subjects informed the reporting officer that he had a bottle of liquor in his bag. The reporting officer continued to search the room but found no more contraband. The subject with alcohol was cited and released for possession of liquor under 21 and is not allowed to enter Winthrop University’s campus for one year. The subject who was arrested was taken to Rock Hill City Jail, according to the police report.
