The Herald Online

Issue date: 10/22/09 Section: Campus

Oct. 17

Around 2:05 p.m., officers were called to Arkansas Hall in reference to a suspect with a pistol to his head hanging out a window. Officers arrived and began to clear the building.

While clearing room 302, 18-year-old Benjamin Harris confirmed that he had ammunition in his room at the top of his dresser. Police recovered two 15 or 20 round full clips from the room. No guns were found. Harris said the rifles were at a friend's off campus residence.

The case has been forwarded to Judicial Affairs for review.

Oct. 10

Around 1:03 p.m., officers patrolling on foot at Arkansas Hall caught the scent of burning marijuana coming from room 425.

Officers contacted the resident advisor for an assist with contact. When officers explained why they were at the room and asked to search it, 18-year-old Eli Harper gave his consent. He and 21-year-old Slade Mooney told officers there was a pipe in the room, marijuana seeds and stems, but that they were not in possession of any other illegal items.

Both suspects were arrested on misdemeanor charges of possessing instruments of crime. Earlier, officers ran checks on both names and Mooney came back with felony warrants out of Lawrence County. Officers told him that he would be arrested for criminal trespass if he returned to campus.

Oct. 9

Around 5:30 p.m., 36-year-old Elizabeth Brown reported the theft of $40 from a bank envelope in her vehicle. Brown said she had given 50-year-old Danny Garcia the keys to her car because he was going out to his vehicle to retrieve his laminated identification badge and she needed hers as well. Both work at the same business.

Brown told officers that the bank envelope containing the $40 was in a different place and also empty when she returned to her vehicle.

The suspect, Garcia, was contacted about the incident. He said he did not take the money, but he did retrieve the identification badge from the vehicle at Brown's request. Garcia told officers he believed the report was a false report filed to negatively impact his reputation with his and Brown's mutual employers.

Officer Terry Phipps said Garcia showed no signs of deception during the interview. The officer said in the report that he believed Garcia was being truthful about the incident. The case was therefore closed unless additional evidence becomes available.

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