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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_2005-05_Vol69_No15_18

POLICE FILES oe 6 & a.m.- A.report of a suspicious person turned out to be a person out for a walk. The person was identified. 4:15 p.m.- University officers investigated a two car accident in of the Walker Hall parking lot. Damage to both vehicles was extensive but there were no injuries. One driver was charged with failing to yield the right of way when. leaving driveway. 10:50 p.m.- Officers responded to a call to the fourth floor of Scott Hall where a sprinkler system head was broken and a large amount of water was being sprayed. While officers were investigating, a male student admitted he had been jumping on the wall and hit the sprinkler head with his head. The student has offered to make restitution. A large amount of damage occurred to personal belongings of other students. Officers are attempting to make an inventory of the damaged items. April 2- 2:45 a.m.- Officers stopped a motorist for erratic driving. The driver was an elderly female who was disoriented and lost. EMS was called and the driver was taken to Harris Regional Hospital and later released. After being released from the hospital officers transported her to her residence. April 3- 7:15 a.m.- Officers received a report of a car with a broken window parked in the Helder Lot. Officers located the owner who said the window was broken at an off campus fraternity. Officers reported the incident to the Jackson County Sheriff's office since it occurred off campus. 8:29 a.m.- While on patrol, University officers saw a car wrapped in clear plastic wrap. The owner was notified. The owner knew about the wrapping. No damage was noted and when officers left, the owner was removing the wrap. 10:00 a.m.- A female student reported that her boyfriend was missing. She was concerned that he had walked away during the night due to sleep walking. She was concerned because all his belongings were still in her room. Officers located the student shortly after he was reported missing. April 4- 6:45 a.m.- A valuable chair which was taken in October 04 from Central Hall was recovered. The chair was damaged. 5:45 p.m.- University officers investigated a minor accident in the circle in front of Scott Hall. The accident involved a University vehicle. 9:17 p.m.- A student reported a large number of DVD's taken from his room as well as CD's for games. April 5- 1:30 a.m.- A female driver was charged with underage drinking and her male passenger was charged with possession of marijuana, paraphernalia and underage possession of malt beverage. Both are Western students. 6:41 a.m.- University officers are investigating the theft of a table from Central Dr. Hall. April 6- Follow-up: Officers contacted a male student who reported his clothing stolen from a room in Scott on 2/20. He stated that he had contacted housekeepers and they had found the clothing in the hallway and stored them. The report is unfounded. 3:24 a.m.- Officers cited a male non-student for displaying a fictitious registration plate. 10:05 a.m.- A student reported that someone had egged his car while it was parked near Robertson. 7:23 p.m.- Officers cited a male student for fishing without a license. April 7- 42:29 a.m.- A student reported the theft of an amplifier and cable from his car. 42:30 a.m.- A student reported he received a call that someone was locked in the trunk of a car. He heard laughter in the background so he thought it was probably a prank. He reported the incident to police. Officers checked the location where the car was supposed to be parked and did not find it. 7:00 p.m.- During patrol officers found a car in Walker A Lot with the window smashed. A CD player/stereo had been pulled from the dash. Officers found a second car with a smashed window. This car also had the Tape/CD player stolen as well as some currency. 7:38 p.m.- A suspicious person report turned out to be a father waiting to meet his son, who is a resident of Central Dr. Hall. 8:33 p.m.- Property of a sorority, which was taken several years ago, was returned by members of a fraternity. 10:45 p.m.- Officers responded to a report of gas/air powered guns (BB) on campus property. Two guns were found in Benton Hall. The owners stated they did not know it was illegal to have them on campus. April 8- 12:30 a.m.- A male student was charged with underage possession of malt beverage and littering. The student threw away a beer can in the presence of officers. 2:45 a.m.- A male student was charged with DWI and driving left of center. 7:30 a.m.- A student reported that someone had slashed a tire on his car. 3:05 p.m.- UC employees and Food Court employees gave officers 8 Cat Cards that had been left in the facilities and not picked up. 5:20 p.m.- A student reported that someone stole the fog lights off his while it was parked on Central Drive. 8:20 p.m.- A student reported that someone had broken his windshield a BB or pellet gun. April 9- 12:30 a.m.- Officers found two female students in possession of alcohol in a stairwell in Benton. While investigating the source of the alcohol officers found two male students in possession of both alcohol and marijuana on the third floor. These were cooperative and referred to Judicial Affairs. Another male student was not cooperative, assaulted two officers causing a knee injury to one a back strain to the other. That student was charged with possession of marijuana, possession of paraphernalia, injury to personal property, 2 counts of resisting arrest, 2 counts of assault on a government official, disorderly conduct, and intoxicated and disruptive. In addition, he allegedly assaulted deputies at the county jail and additional charges were filed. 1:40 a.m.- Officers saw a male employee cursing at a house on Forest Hills Road and found that he was angry because he had been asked to leave a party there. 1:45 a.m.- Officers and EMS responded to the 3rd floor of Scott where a male student had overdosed on alcohol. The subject was transported to Harris Regional for treatment 10:30 a.m.- Officers found a vehicle that had been egged in the Walker A lot. They also found that the parking decal on the car had been altered and towed the vehicle 12:44 p.m.- A student reported finding that someone had apparently entered a room on the 2nd floor of the B Building through a window and moved things around in the suite. 3:30 p.m.- Officers received a report of two males firing handguns behind Albright. Officers found two male students in possession of pellet guns, confiscated the guns, and referred the students to Judicial Affairs. April 10- 12:30 p.m.- A student reported that someone had stolen a fire extinguisher from the ground floor of Albright and sprayed it on a car in the Methodist Church lot. 3:33 p.m.- Officers responded to a dispute between roommates on the 9th floor of Walker Hall that had resulted in damage to property. Referred to Judicial Affairs April 11- 12:00 a.m.- In connection with a report of stalking and intimidation filed on March 7, officers charged a male student with trespassing for being in Helder Hall after being forbidden to do so. 7:30 p.m.- Officers witnessed a male student carrying a chair from the UC lawn toward Leatherwood. They stopped him near Leatherwood and found that he had stolen the chair from the lawn. The chair was returned to the UC and the student referred to J.A. 2:45 a.m.- A student reported that she was receiving harassing phone calls from a male student. Officers spoke with the subject by phone and told him to leave the victim alone. 8:07 a.m.- A foreman reported that someone had stolen a hydraulic clamp from a Bob Cat in the softball stadium construction site between 4/8 and 4/11. The clamp is valued at $1800 and you must have a key to the vehicle to get to it. 8:00 p.m.- A student reported that his jacket and keys, were stolen from the track complex during a meet on 4/9. 10:47 p.m.- A female student reported a male in the Methodist Church Lot watching females pass. Officers contacted the subject whose statements about his activities conflicted. He was banned from campus. 11:51 p.m.- Officers issued a state citation to two male students for underaged possession of alcohol after investigating an incident where beer bottles were thrown from the suspects window into the parking lot. April 13- 10:55 p.m.- Officers responded to a report of a loud party in Leatherwood. One of the students at the party cursed an RA. After giving consent to search, officers found fireworks in the student's book bag. 9:39 p.m.- Officers are investigating a report that a male student was sexually assaulted by a male professional female impersonator during a drag show at the University Center. Update: Officers found that a student reported missing to the Sheriff's Office on 4/12 was actually in jail in Jackson County. 12:24 a.m.- While investigating a report of beer bottles being thrown from a window. In Scott Hall, a student became angry and belligerent with officers. Officers smelled marijuana and confiscated two pipes and a small amount of marijuana. 2:10 a.m.- Officers investigated a report of students throwing beer bottles out of a Leatherwood Hall window. April 17- 5:20 a.m.- Residential Living staff reported that there was a loud argument in progress on the 8th floor of Scott and that someone may have been hit. Officers found a domestic dispute in progress in a room. The female resident stated that she had not been assaulted. Officers banned the male student from the hall until he was sober. 11:08 a.m.- A male student will be referred to Judicial Affairs for removing a sign from the fence and putting it in front of another vehicle. The student said he removed the sign so he would have a place to park. The sign was recovered. 11:55 p.m.- Officers on foot patrol noticed a vehicle with no registration. When officers put a citation on the windshield they saw weapons inside the vehicle. The vehicle was towed. Officers arrested a male non- student for possession of a sawed-off shotgun, a .45 calibre pistol, a police baton, and several knives in his vehicle. Bond was set at $7500. He is a non-student staying with his girlfriend in Central Drive Hall. April 18- 11:59 a.m.- A female student was treated by EMS after she was struck in the head by a golf ball on the UC lawn. A male student was referred to Judicial Affairs for negligent actions. Another male student was referred to Judicial Affairs for interfering with a police investigation. il 19- 7:05 a.m.- Workers reported that someone had turned over traffic barrels and a porta-john. 9:00 a.m.- Housekeepers reported that someone had thrown a chair through a window in the stairwell on the 8th floor of Scott. 6:05 p.m.- A student reported that his IPOD was missing from his room after Residential Living staff left his former roommate in the room to move out. The student also reported that he was receiving harassing phone calls. 3:30 a.m.- Officers saw a male running into the tunnel at Stillwell and then saw him turn over a trash can. They found him in possession of alcohol and intoxicated. He is referred to J.A. April 22- 7:00 p.m.- A female student reported that a male had bumped into her intentionally in the Library in January and that last night he had called her a name and threw paper at her. She does not know the person. The investigation is.continuing. BUSTED! by Ryan Fussell WO sizcratatna Fire extinguishers and pellet guns always seems to make the list, especially when done to cars. GQ), timely saran-wrapping of a car is al- ways a nice touch. Sits not a good idea to litter your beer can in front of police when you're already getting a fine. Just keep that in mind next time. been clothing from months ago was picked up and kept down the hall by house- keeping. Nice of them, but you shouldve checked sooner. Oso much furniture being stolen from Central Drive. The housing costs a little more, but apparently the furniture is pri- mo. ins marks the second time this year that a student has been missing and found a week or so later in jail. Go Cats! AI commendable job by the unsaid fra- ternity for returning a sororitys property, even if years later. 3 vour car gets towed, a small arsenal of weapons is found in your cache, and you get arrested. The bright side to it is that bond was set at only $7500. Dhaai several officers in a drunk- en rage and being charged with several crimes is deserving of #1, but it just cant top this editions #1. Try again next time. A suspicous man waiting around outside a dorm, oh, but it turns out to be some- one's dad waiting to pick them up. Theres no fun in that.

The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University's student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.

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  • Date original: 2005-05
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  • Dimension: 12.5" x 11.25"
  • Pages: 28
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  • College student newspapers and periodicals
  • Cullowhee (N.C.) -- Newspapers
  • Universities and colleges -- North Carolina -- Cullowhee -- Newspapers
  • Western Carolina University -- Periodicals
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  • Jackson County (N.C.)
  • Cullowhee (N.C.)
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  • Western Carolina University
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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_2005-05_Vol69_No15
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  • Western Carolina University Hunter Library