-Fall `97
There have been 17 indecent exposures,
men wearing underwear on their heads and other indecent acts reported in
the Crime Log. Even trash has made the news this semester -- there were
six incidents involving trash bins. Four people called the UTPD this semester
thinking their cars had been stolen, only to find out they were parked
elsewhere.
THURSDAY, AUG. 14
A
student reported seeing two UT employees in a blue UT van go into Sam's
Party Store on 15th Street and buy an undetermined amount of beer. The
employees reportedly drank about two beers each and drove off, still in
the UT van.
FRIDAY, AUG. 15
KPD
reported a complaint of a male taking off his clothes on the Cumberland
footbridge.
Complainant reported a male in an alley at the Taliwa Court Apartments
exposed himself. The suspect was wearing a towel on his head, purple shorts,
a tank top and glasses.
A student reported some people acting belligerent at a basketball court
on Sutherland Avenue. One of the individuals pulled down his pants.
MONDAY, AUG. 18
A student at Reese Hall found a hammer with a cup wrapped around the handle.
SATURDAY, AUG. 23
An officer reported he had to warn two females at the Veterinary College
to stay out of the building. The individuals were trying to protest a goat
meeting.
MONDAY, AUG. 25
A very drunk male was wearing a hat backwards.
TUESDAY, AUG. 26
A staff member reported that an individual was sawing fence posts in two
near Hoskins Library.
MONDAY, SEPT. 1
A student reported some people were hanging from trees at 13th Street and
White Avenue. An officer responded and advised the people to stop hanging
from trees.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 2
A
staff member reported that a truck had backed into a light post at Greve
Circle and knocked it down.
MONDAY, SEPT. 8
KPD dispatch advised that eight cows had escaped from the UT dairy farm
and were headed southbound on Alcoa Highway. Officers and dairy farm personnel
rounded up the cattle.
A staff member reported there was a male, possibly nude, in the bushes
outside Morgan Hall.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT.
10
A staff member reported two people playing with fireworks in Circle Park.
Officers contacted the individuals and warned them about fireworks laws
in Knox County.
MONDAY, SEPT. 22
A student reported she could not find her vehicle in the G-10 garage and
thought it might be stolen. An officer helped the student find her vehicle.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 23
A student reported half of her carpet was taken.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT.
24
The assistant hall director at Clement Hall reported confiscating a substance
he thought was marijuana and wanted an officer to test it.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 28
A student's mother drove up from Atlanta after the phone line had been
disconnected during a conversation with her son. She requested an officer
meet her at the son's residence.
THURSDAY, NOV. 6
Someone hit the porch on a house at 1819 Andy Holt Ave. The complainant
thought the porch would have to be torn down.
FRIDAY, OCT. 10
A resident assistant at Reese Hall reported that an unknown male had come
into the lobby with a cooler of beer, dropped it and left. The beer was
taken to the UTPD and disposed of.
SATURDAY, OCT. 11
Toilets in Hess and Morrill Halls were continuously flushing.
SUNDAY, OCT. 19
A student reported there was a "rambunctious unnecessary means of communication
occurring" in Presidential Court.
SATURDAY, OCT. 25
A Knox County Sheriff's officer reported a minor incident between two women
at Thompson-Boling Arena which had resulted in a Coca-Cola being thrown
and one woman insisting on transport to the hospital.
SUNDAY, OCT. 26
Various items were found at Thompson-Boling Arena, including a Barney cap,
contact lenses and a baby diaper bag.
FRIDAY, OCT. 31
The steam from a student who was showering set off a fire alarm at the
Apartment Residence Hall.
TUESDAY, NOV. 11
A student reported a dark vehicle parked on the grass between Humanities
and Clarence Brown Theatre. An officer found the vehicle to be part of
an art display from Art and Architecture.
SUNDAY, NOV. 16
A garbage can was on fire at Hess Hall. Staff workers took the can outside.
MONDAY, NOV. 17
A man was running around Presidential Courtyard with a pair of underwear
on his head.
SATURDAY, NOV. 22
A student at Morrill Hall reported that a man in the stairwell was masturbating
out of a window from the seventh floor.
SUNDAY, DEC. 7
Some students were setting fire to some toilet paper at Presidential Court. |