-Spring `96
THE FOLLOWING COMPLAINTS WERE
REPORTED:
Tuesday, Dec. 12
3:14
a.m. -- A student at Reese saw someone from North Carrick throw a burning
Christmas tree out of a window.
Saturday, Dec. 16
8:56
a.m. -- Hunters were shooting at geese at the UT Farms on Alcoa Highway.
The police found the hunters on the water.
Tuesday, Jan. 9,
1996
8:31
a.m -- A female at Laurel Apartments reported finding a voodoo doll
with matches attached. She was concerned that it may have been a
bomb. The police confiscated it.
Saturday, Jan. 20
1:49
a.m. -- Someone complained that people were making noise while moving
into the Golf Range Apartments. They were dragging washers and dryers
up the stairs, which was preventing the complainant from sleeping properly.
An officer advised the movers to wait until daylight to finish moving.
Friday, Jan. 26
4:01
a.m. -- Someone reported a student was sleeping in the study area in
Hodges Library. He was flatulent and snoring so loudly that he was
bothering other students who were trying to study. An officer responded
and advised the student to wake up.
Monday, Jan. 29
11:42
a.m. -- A student called the UT police and reported she was throwing
her old parking hang tag away.
Friday, Feb. 2
10:18
p.m. -- A person reported that a C-7 parking sign had mysteriously
made its way to the sixth floor stairwell at the Apartment Residence Hall.
Saturday, Feb. 10
11:20
a.m. -- A resident assistant at North Carrick requested emergency maintenance
service because the cable TV was out.
Thursday, Feb. 22
9:15
a.m. -- A worker at the anthropology department reported someone had
been doing weird things after hours there. Examples included overturning
55 gallon drums, trying to override computer passwords and leaving the
hot water running In the men's restroom.
Tuesday, Feb. 27
4:26
a.m. -- An operator at Central Alarm reported that a bird had flown
through the
window and was attacking
him and his computers. An officer released the bird from confinement
In the office.
Wednesday, Feb.
28
10:02
p.m. -- An officer recovered a 12-pack of Natural Light beer
and returned it to the police station. The contents were poured out
and the containers were disposed of.
Friday, March 1
3:02
a.m -- A man reported that a male identifying himself as Davy Crockett
was passed out on the front porch at Farmhouse Fraternity.
Monday, March 11
7:05
p.m. -- A resident assistant at the Apartment Residence Hall reported
someone was soliciting oil changes.
Tuesday, March 12
10:27
p.m -- A student at Morrill reported he had been receiving prank calls
for about a week. The caller was leaving quotes from the movie Silence
of the Lambs -
Wednesday, March
13
3:17
a.m. -- A student at the Apartment Residence Hall reported a female
had reported a naked male had been doing disgusting things in the G-7 garage.
Friday, March 15
12:40
a.m. -- A resident assistant at Reese reported a pizza driver had driven
his vehicle into Presidential Courtyard. Officers advised the driver
not to drive into the courtyard.
Sunday, March 17
2:02
a.m. -- A man reported his son had called him from the Last Lap and
said about 10 people had him trapped inside and wouldn't let him leave.
Officers extracted him from the bar safely.
Sunday, March 24
4:15
a.m. -- Someone reported vulgarity was coming from WUTK-FM 90.3. An
officer reported the station was off the air and no one was inside. -Sunday,
March 24, 11:12 a.m.-An officer responding to an alarm at the Purchasing
Department advised there was a big, fat gray squirrel inside.
Tuesday, April 2
7:36
p.m. -- A student reported she saw a male in the G-7 garage who was
unclothed and appeared to, be seeking visual gratification of his appearance.
-Friday, April 5, 12:20 a.m.-A student at Golf Range Apartments said she
could not find anywhere to park outside her building. Numerous
vehicles were parked
without legal parked and she had to park several buildings away and walk.
Saturday, April
6
12:14
a.m. -- The hall director at Hess reported that a smoke detector had
been stolen, which set off a fire alarm.
Tuesday, April 9
4
a.m. -- A guard reported a man in a black vehicle pulled up on the
sidewalk between Hodges Library and Melrose Hall and "shot her a bird."
Thursday, April
11
11:57
a.m. -- Someone stole shrubs from the lawn at 1852 Terrace Ave.
Thursday, April
11
11:50
p.m. -- A student observed two subjects crawling underneath the magnolia
trees at Clarence Brown Theater.
Friday, April 12
7:31
p.m. -- The hall director at Clement reported that a resident in the
courtyard had been threatened by someone who did not like the way the resident
played basketball.
Saturday, April
13
2:01
a.m. -- A student reported there were five males at the S-12 lot who
were singing "Rocky Top" and howling like Smokey. The complainant
also stated that the singers didn't even know the words to "Rocky Top."
Monday, April 16
3:37
a.m. -- An officer secured an open door at the rear of the Communications
Building near The Daily Beacon . The door was being propped open by a traffic
cone.
Friday, April 19
4:48
p.m. -- A student reported he had sold a vehicle with his student housing
parking tag.
Sunday, April 21
12:22
a.m. -- A student at Sutherland Apartments was very upset after getting
a ticket for being in a fire lane. He said if the UTPD couldn't find
him a parking space, he would call the university president to have him
find a parking space.
Sunday, April 21
1:19
a.m. -- A student at Sutherland Apartments reported that someone was
walking too heavily on the floor above her apartment, which was going to
cause her husband to have a heart attack. She wanted the subject
arrested for attempted murder. |