The Daily Gamecock

Crime Blotter: Nov. 17 — Nov. 30

Alcohol/liquor law violation — 4

Assault/simple assault — 1

Burglary — 2

Drug/narcotics violation — 2

Drunkenness — 3

Fake/other ID use — 1

Fraud — 1

Harassment/threats/intimidation — 1

Larceny of bicycle — 1

Larceny of moped — 5

Larceny/theft from building — 1

Other offenses — 2  

Vandalism/destruction of property — 1

— An officer was dispatched to the Nursing building to attend to a man passed out on the floor of the USC bus stop at 4:25 a.m. on Nov. 18. When the man came to after several attempts to awaken him, he stated that the officer was his suite mate. When the officer asked for identification, the man continually gave him a dollar bill. When a second officer arrived on the scene and made the same request, the man offered him a dollar bill as well. The man was taken to the hospital. He was charged with minor in possession of beer after he admitted to drinking beer throughout the night.

— A student approached an officer on bike patrol, who described her as “crying and upset.” She reported being cursed and yelled at by two men on the corner of Pendleton and Gregg streets. According to the victim, one of the men requested that she roll down her passenger side window. He then reached in the car and forcefully grabbed her right arm. She threatened to report the men to the police officer, who she could see patrolling the area. The men were then joined by a third man, and they all drove away in their Ford Escape. Police efforts to find the men were unsuccessful.

— An officer pulled over the driver of a car running without headlights, but the driver said he did not have his driver’s license with him at the moment. When the officer asked for the driver’s name and date of birth, the man scratched out his original date. When the officer asked about why he was having trouble, the man said he had just been overseas and had to remember to switch the month and date. When dispatch ran his information, it came back unsuccessfully. When the officer asked for his middle name, the driver said he didn’t have one. When the officer asked his age, the driver said 38, but the birth date he had given him indicated that he was 55. Another officer arrived to assist, and the driver provided the officers with six different dates of birth during the stop. The officers eventually identified the driver and determined that his driver's license had been suspended for alcohol violations. The driver was placed under arrest.


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