Police Blotter - 16 September 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 at 10:00PM Compiled by Jonathan McFadden
MARIJUANA POSSESSION; POSSESSION/CONSUMPTION OF LIQUOR UNDER 21; OPEN CONTAINER (LIQUOR) (9/8/10)
At 9:44 p.m., a reporting officer observed a vehicle sitting in the travel lane at Alumni Drive and Cherry Road. The officer approached the driver of the vehicle, who said he stopped his car to talk to some friends.
The officer noticed the vehicle tag expired in May 2010.
The officer asked the driver for his driver’s license and registration. While the driver retrieved his information, the officer noticed a bottle of Seagram’s Gin sitting in the center console.
The driver quickly took the bottle and placed it under the passenger seat, but the top half of the bottle was still showing.
The driver exited the vehicle with paperwork showing the property taxes had been paid for 2009, but wasn’t able to show anything that indicated the taxes had been paid for 2010.
The officer could also smell marijuana coming from the driver.
Another officer arrived on the scene to assist the reporting officer.
The reporting officer took the bottle of gin and found a small amount of alcohol left inside.
The other officer conducted a search of the driver and found a clear plastic bag containing 0.01 grams of marijuana and a blunt with marijuana in it in the driver’s left foot sock.
The driver was arrested and sent to Rock Hill City Jail.
HIT & RUN (9/8/10)
Between 3 and 5 p.m., a female student parked her car in Wither’s lot in commuter parking. While she was in class, someone struck her car’s bumper with his/her vehicle.
The student did not report the incident until after she had already returned to her home.
The reporting officer checked to see if there were any cameras near the incident location, but there weren’t.
The officer made a follow-up call to the student on Thursday, Sept. 9, at 6:52 p.m. to see if she wished to have an accident report completed.
The student said she didn’t notice any damage to the car when she left class the day before and decided not to pursue the accident report.
