Police Beats for Jan. 26, 2012

Jan. 20

• A male student came to the Parking and Transportation Office and reported his decal stolen. The decal was taken from his 1991 Ford, which was parked on University Drive when he noticed it was missing. He stated he also parks in Ashland and Stratton lots. The parking decal Zone B was valued at $30.

Jan. 21

• Police were dispatched to Park Drive referencing an intoxicated man stumbling around the area. Once police arrived, they made contact with student Cory Parsons and could detect the odor of alcohol on his person. He was unsteady on his feet, had slurred speech and bloodshot eyes. After failing three field sobriety tests, Parsons was arrested and jailed at the Madison County Detention Center for his own safety.
• Police noticed a vehicle traveling the wrong way on University Drive. After pulling the vehicle over on McGregor Service Drive, police made contact with student LaGreg Burns. His license was checked and confirmed suspended, and the odor of alcohol was detected on or about his person. After Burns failed all of the sobriety tests, he was arrested for operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol under 21 years of age and charged with operating on a suspended license. Burns was jailed in the Madison County Detention Center.

Jan. 22

• Police witnessed student Whitney Napier drive onto the curb of the sidewalk before stopping her. Police approached the window and noticed a liquor bottle half-full of pink liquid and could detect the odor of alcohol on her person. After she told police she had been drinking, they gave her several field sobriety tests, which she failed. She was placed under arrest and taken to the Madison County Detention Center, where she was jailed there for her own safety.