Crime Blotter for Feb. 22 to Feb. 28
— While on patrol Tuesday night, an officer arrived at Columbia Hall in response to a drug complaint. The officer followed the smell of marijuana to a student’s door and knocked. The student answered and the officer asked where the marijuana was, to which the student said he had none. The officer then saw a pink glass pipe in a tissue box on the counter by the sink, rolling papers and a green leafy substance on the table and a can of Natural Light. The student handed over the paraphernalia, as well as a green pipe and a blue pipe. The student was issued citations for simple possession of marijuana and minor in possession of beer.
— An officer responded to a complaint at Bates West regarding an intoxicated man Friday night. The resident mentor on duty told the officer that the man had walked into the lobby and fallen asleep. The officer approached the man and asked how much he had to drink, to which the man said two cups. When asked where he was, the man told the officer he was in East Quad. After admitting to having a fake ID, the man was placed under arrest for minor in possession of beer and possession of a fake ID.
— While on patrol at the Colonial Life Arena on Saturday, two officers saw a girl who was unsteady on her feet and holding a cup that appeared to be half-filled with beer. When asked, the girl told the officers she was 23 but later said she was born in 1985. After questioning her further, the officers learned the girl was 16. She was checked and cleared by emergency medical services, and the officers contacted the girl’s mother. She was later released into her mother’s custody.