Wasn't me
Issue date: 11/5/09 Section: Police Blotter
Posted at 2:30 a.m. 11-8-09
Oct. 30
An officer was notified by a Student Patrol member at 9:35 p.m. of a man walking across the Towers Field with an open container of alcohol. The officer drove to the area and saw the man walking near the road with something in his right hand. As the officer got out of the vehicle, the man quickly put his hands in his coat pockets and walked towards the officer.
The officer met with him and asked what was in his pockets, as the pockets of the man's coat and jeans were bulging. The man said he had beer cans in the pockets. The officer asked to see the cans and the man pulled out four unopened Keystone Lights. The officer asked the man where the one he had previously been drinking from, the one the officer had seen in his hand, was now. The man said he hadn't drunk any.
The officer shown the flashlight on the ground behind the man and found an open Keystone Light can, half full. The man said the can was not his. The officer asked the man to be honest or else he would ticket him for littering as well, but the man became defensive and wouldn't admit to owning the can.
The officer said how he saw him with something in hand, but the man said he what he had been holding wasn't the can on the ground. It had been an unopened can from his back pocket, and the officer couldn't prove the one on the ground belonged to him, he said.
The officer said it was ironic the man had four Keystone Lights in his pockets and one was on the ground where the man had been walking. The man still denied that the can was his. As a result, the officer cited the man for having an open container and for littering.
Oct. 30
An officer was notified by a Student Patrol member at 9:35 p.m. of a man walking across the Towers Field with an open container of alcohol. The officer drove to the area and saw the man walking near the road with something in his right hand. As the officer got out of the vehicle, the man quickly put his hands in his coat pockets and walked towards the officer.
The officer met with him and asked what was in his pockets, as the pockets of the man's coat and jeans were bulging. The man said he had beer cans in the pockets. The officer asked to see the cans and the man pulled out four unopened Keystone Lights. The officer asked the man where the one he had previously been drinking from, the one the officer had seen in his hand, was now. The man said he hadn't drunk any.
The officer shown the flashlight on the ground behind the man and found an open Keystone Light can, half full. The man said the can was not his. The officer asked the man to be honest or else he would ticket him for littering as well, but the man became defensive and wouldn't admit to owning the can.
The officer said how he saw him with something in hand, but the man said he what he had been holding wasn't the can on the ground. It had been an unopened can from his back pocket, and the officer couldn't prove the one on the ground belonged to him, he said.
The officer said it was ironic the man had four Keystone Lights in his pockets and one was on the ground where the man had been walking. The man still denied that the can was his. As a result, the officer cited the man for having an open container and for littering.