best of crime log
    -Fall `96 
    The following COMPLAINTS were the best reported in the fall of 1996:

    Aug. 14
    *11:50 p.m. - Some people were sliding down the hill at the Humanities Building on some type of plastic. An officer advised that the people were residence hall staff workers and that Phil Scheurer had told them it was all right.

    Aug. 16
    *11:03 p.m. - A bat was hanging on a screen at Hess. The physical plant was notified.

    Aug. 22
    *12:50 a.m. - Someone burned a circle in the yard at Kappa Alpha, 1804 Fraternity Park.

    Aug. 26
    *2:47 p.m. - Complainant saw a suspicious male sitting in a restroom stall at the HPER locker room.

    Aug. 27
    *8:15 a.m. - A worker at the University Center POst Office reported a suspicious man there was wearing glasses and shoes of two different colors. He was also carrying a hammer. The subject asked for a James Dean stamp.

    *2:06 p.m. - A naked male was sitting on the ground and masturbating at 14th Street and White Avenue.

    Sept. 4
    *no time given - Bubbles were coming out of an air conditioning unit at Reese.

    Sept. 10
    *12:30 p.m. - A 400 pound male exposed himself in Hoskins Library.

    *3:35 p.m. - There was a bat in a resident's room at Morrill. The bat was gone by the time an officer arrived.

    Sept. 11
    *6 p.m. - Police arrested a student with the nicknames "Pony Boy" and "voodoo Chile" after he allegedly vandalized a restroom at Thompson-Boling Arena. According to reports, he wore a plastic garbage bag like a poncho and a silver urn on his head like a hat. He was allegedly using a rock to beat off a sink handle and to open some lockers. He reportedly told police he was conducting a safety test.

    Sept. 12
    *8:15 a.m. - A mother from Halls said she hadn't heard from her son in two years and asked police to check if he was attending classes.

    Sept. 14
    *10:54 a.m. - A man wearing a T-shirt, shorts and a bandana over his face exposed himself to a female student at the HUmanities Building.

    Sept. 18
    *8:54 a.m. - A giant coffee mug was stolen from Presidential Cafeteria.

    Sept. 20
    *2:16 a.m. Several men were banging on a car with a sledge hammer at Kappa Sigma.

    Sept. 21
    *7:29 p.m. - Complainant reported that a tree behind Melrose was burning. Police responded and said that mulch at the tree was smoldering.

    Sept. 26
    *no time given - A furniture truck driver asked a staff worker near the Music Annex Building to buy some furniture. She didn't know if the subject was legal. An officer found the subject and reported that he had a permit to sell in the area.

    Oct. 4
    *8:26 a.m. - Someone found a box of ammunition, a hammer and a toboggan in the administration garage.

    Oct. 6
    *11:57 p.m. - Someone on the fifth floor at Reese threw a rock at an Isuzu. An officer reported the vehicle was OK, but there were some Chicken McNuggets on top of it.

    Oct. 9
    *no time given - A woman tried to extinguish a trash bin fire at G-12. Police said a napkin had been placed in an ashtray and the fire was out.

    Oct. 12
    *5:50 p.m. - An officer found four bottles of beer at G-12. The beer was taken to the UTPD, where the contents were poured out and the bottles were disposed of.

    Oct. 13
    *1:28 a.m. - A student reported that a woman who was wearing only a towel was exposing herself in an elevator at Clement Hall.

    *2:35 p.m. - A man in the 14th floor stairwell at the Apartment Residence Hall was not wearing pants.

    Oct. 14
    *8:37 p.m. - A vacuum cleaner set off a glass-breakage alarm at Dunford Hall.

    Oct. 26
    *3:28 p.m. - Someone was urinating in a bush at the Melrose courtyard.

    Oct. 27
    *8:44 a.m. - Someone threw a pumpkin through a car window at Tyson Park.

    *11:29 a.m. - Someone threw a pool ball through a window at Humes.

    Oct. 30
    *12:52 a.m. - An officer found three students drinking Samuel Adams Honey Porter beer in the Art and Architecture Building.

    Oct. 31
    *2:19 a.m. - Someone allegedly stole three pizza and a box of chicken wings from a pizza deliver's car at Hess.

    Nov. 11
    *2:30 p.m. - The parents of a missing student reported that she might be following a rock group on tour.

    Nov. 15
    *12:25 p.m. - Someone melted the elevator controls at Clement.

    FROM THE ?????, 1996 ISSUE
    © 1996, The Daily Beacon. All rights reserved.
    JASON REYNOLDS
    Daily Beacon Police Editor
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