UNDERAGE DRINKERS ARRESTED
KSUPD Officer B.J. Cortolano noticed a white Honda Civic traveling without headlights as he patrolled Campus Loop road just before midnight June 17. After pulling the vehicle over, Cortolano made contact with the driver of the vehicle who told him the car belonged to a friend and that she thought the headlights turned on automatically. The woman had three passengers in the car with her, all of whom were younger than 21. While the driver was getting her drivers license, Cortolano noticed the smell of alcohol coming from inside the vehicle. The driver denied that she had anything to drink before admitting to taking “half a shot.” The three passengers also admitted drinking. After testing positive for alcohol, all four occupants were arrested for underage consumption.
SHAKY SPEEDER
KSU Police Officer D.A. Mason observed a man in a white vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed as he turned out of the Suburban Lodge onto Busbee Parkway just after 1 a.m. July 13. Mason followed the vehicle and observed the car fail to maintain its lane several times. According to the police report, the driver accelerated rapidly as if he were attempting to elude the officer. Upon pulling the vehicle over, Officer Mason noticed that the driver appeared to be very shaky and nervous. Mason said that the driver continually looked around “as if he was planning to escape” and never gave “a straight answer” as to what he was doing at the Suburban Lodge. The man consented to a vehicle search but Mason found nothing incriminating and the man was released without incident.
SUSPICIOUS EMPLOYEE
Officers Nelson and Putnam were dispatched to the Town Point Offices at 10 a.m. July 1 in reference to a suspicious-looking black male who appeared to be wandering around looking in windows. After searching the building for the suspect, the responding officers were notified that a man matching the description was on the building’s second floor. Not knowing whether this man was the individual they were looking for, Putnam asked the man if he had any ID. The man asked, “What for?” and insisted that he had done nothing wrong. He told the police that he was a KSU employee who worked in the Athletics Department. The man, who continually refused to provide any ID, was arrested and charged with obstructing law enforcement. It turns out the man has not worked for KSU since 2010.
FOURTH OF JULY DUI
In the early hours of July 4, Officer Mason observed a woman in a black Lexus fail to maintain her lane while traveling east on Chastain Road. According to the police report, the vehicle activated its blinker, slowed down and appeared to attempt to enter the highway traveling the wrong direction. The vehicle then abruptly moved across four lanes of traffic without signaling. Upon pulling the vehicle over, Officer Mason detected the odor of alcohol on the 19-year-old driver. The driver admitted to drinking earlier in the evening before registering a blood alcohol content of .038 percent. The woman was arrested for underage DUI and her car was impounded where police discovered a marijuana grinder and a glass pipe.