Crime report: Thursday Aug. 20
Published 2:52 pm Thursday, August 20, 2015
—Wednesday
Oxford Police
Officers investigated 10 wrecks, issued 41 tickets and made 14 arrests on the following charges:
— One headlight and minor in possession of alcohol
— Careless driving and DUI
— Careless driving, possession of drug paraphernalia and DUI
— Three for public intoxications
— Minor in possession of alcohol and possession of a fake ID
— Driving the wrong way on a one-way street and possession of drug paraphernalia
— Possession of narcotics, minor in possession of alcohol, noise violation and littering
— Noise violation and possession of drug paraphernalia
— Two for possession of drug paraphernalia
— Speeding and possession of drug paraphernalia
Officers investigated the following reports:
— Nine alarms
— Four for improper parking
— Three fire department assists
— Two disturbances
— Noise violation
— Recovered property
— Four welfare checks
— Two civil matters
— Motorist assist
— Two 911 hang-ups
— Identity theft
— Two animal complaints
— Suspicious activity
University Police
Officers investigated three wrecks and made two arrests on the following charges:
— Driving while license suspended, fake ID, running a stop sign and speeding
— Possession of drug paraphernalia
Officers investigated the following reports:
— Two service calls
— Two ambulance assists
Sheriff’s Department
Deputies investigated three wrecks and made two arrests on the following charges:
— Pick-up order
— Public drunkenness and disorderly conduct
Deputies investigated the following reports:
— Alarm
— Animal complaint
— Three disturbances
— Harassment
— Five service calls
— Two suspicious activities
— Two scams
— Trespassing
— Traffic complaint
How you can help
To report information about a crime, call Crimestoppers at 662-234-8477.
Oxford Fire Department
Firefighters responded to the following calls:
— Smoke detector malfunction at 10:50 a.m. in the parking garage at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi; no fire
— Blown transformer at 4:05 p.m. on Molly Barr Road; stood by for electric department
— Smoke detector malfunction at 7:59 p.m. at the Beta Theta Pi house on campus; no fire
— Air conditioning unit freezing up cause unit to start smoking setting off an alarm at 2:28 a.m. at 2400 Anderson Road, Apt. 45; no fire
Lafayette County Fire
No activity to report.
County EMS
Ten EMS calls were reported in the county.