MTSU Police cited two people for drug-related violations Thursday in addition to investigating vehicle damage on a campus parking lot and the theft of a porch decoration at the Chi Omega house on Greek Row.
Crimes reported on campus Thursday include two drug-related citations (3 & 4), damage to a vehicle on a campus parking lot (2), and the theft of a cement porch decoration from the Chi Omega house on Greek Row. Data source: MTSU Crime Log.
Campus police cited 21-year-old Jane Smith* of Nashville, Tennessee, for possession of drug paraphernalia around 3:30 p.m. Thursday on the parking lot between MT One Stop and the campus softball field.
In a separate incident around 11 p.m. Thursday, campus police issued John Doe*, 20, of Memphis, Tennessee, for marijuana possession on Alumni Drive, on the south side of campus.
Meanwhile, a woman reported that her vehicle had been struck and damaged while it was parked on the parking lot behind the McFarland Building between MTSU Boulevard and Lightning Way. Also, a cement porch decoration has gone missing from the Chi Omega house on Greek Row on the eastern side of campus. According to the incident report, a campus police officer who was reviewing surveillance footage regarding a different incident noticed that the footage showed a suspect taking the decoration from the house.
*Note: I have used made-up names instead of these individuals’ real names, given that this page is for educational/illustrative purposes and that the offenses were minor ones that happened a long time ago. In a live, current news reporting situation, I would have used the true names of the individuals cited. The true names would be newsworthy and, because they were included in the police reports, could be published under libel law’s qualified privilege defense. All other details are real and drawn from police reports.
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