The Daily Gamecock

Crime Blotter for April 4 to April 11

— An officer went to Columbia Hall in response to a woman passed out near the dumpsters. When the officer arrived, the woman was conscious and trying to get into a white SUV, which she said was not hers, since her car is red. The woman did not answer when the officer asked her if she had been drinking and said she did not have her license. The woman told the officer she was 17, and the officer decided she needed to be taken to the hospital. She was cited for minor in possession of beer under 21.

— An officer driving on Blossom Street saw a man walking unsteadily and holding himself up on a nearby fence for support. The officer got out of his car and asked the man to come talk to him, to which the man began to slowly jog in the opposite direction. After chasing him on foot, the officer caught up with the man by the Blossom Street parking garage. The officer smelled alcohol on the man’s breath and found a fake Ohio driver’s license in the man’s pocket. The man was arrested and cited for minor in possession of beer and possession of a fake ID.

— While driving through the parking lot at Columbia Hall, an officer saw a man passed out in the back of a truck with the door open and another man standing nearby. The officer went over to the car and asked the man how much he had to drink, to which the man said “too much” and told the officer he was 19. Another officer smelled marijuana, Febreeze air freshener and Febreeze odor eliminator in the car. The officers took notice of marijuana that was in the vehicle, and after searching the car, found a purple grinder, a multi-colored glass smoking pipe and an open bottle of whiskey. The man standing nearby the truck was cited for minor in possession of liquor and marijuana.


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