Feb. 24 | 2:08 a.m. 

Officer Christopher Sewell was out with a stranded motorist that had a strap come undone on a car dolly that was hauling a silver Dodge passenger car. The car was in the outside lane on Johnson Avenue headed eastbound. 

Sewell activated his patrol car lights and got behind the Ford truck hauling the car to keep the occupants from getting hit by a passing vehicle. 

As he was out contacting the occupants he could see they needed assistance getting the car they were hauling correctly back on the car dolly. As he was helping the occupants get the car corrected and re-secured on the car dolly, a vehicle hit his patrol unit before skidding to a stop just past Sewell and the occupants of the Dodge.

Sewell then radioed into dispatch and said his patrol unit was hit in the rear and he was going to check on the occupants in the Maroon Nissan Rogue that had collided with the patrol car.

Sewell made contact with the arrestee. He was the only one in the vehicle at the time of the accident.

The arrestee said he was okay and did not need emergency medical services (EMS).

Dispatch called the Jonesboro Fire department (JFD) and EMS to the location. 

The occupants that were hauling the Dodge car were not harmed during the incident nor was their vehicle struck and they were able to leave the scene. 

Sewell started working on directing traffic at this time. 

JFD and EMS arrived on the scene and checked on the arrestee.  The Jonesboro Police Department (JPD) arrived on the scene and told Sewell they were going to conduct the crash investigation. 

While Sewell was directing traffic Lieutenant Daniel Bradway told JPD he noticed the odor of intoxicants coming from the arrestee.

JPD performed sobriety testing on the arrestee. After the tests were performed, the driver was arrested for driving while intoxicated and transported by JPD.

Both the Nissan Rogue and the patrol vehicle had to be towed from the scene. The police vehicle was towed to the University Police Department at Bradway’s request.

Feb. 24 | 12:16 a.m.

While assisting with a traffic collision at the intersection of East Johnson Avenue and University Loop, Sergeant Ryan Smith was struck by a passing motorist.

He was directing traffic when the vehicle approached from his left side, failing to yield to the officer emergency lights or the officers acting as flag men. 

The vehicle failed to slow and continued in the lane of traffic Smith was in. 

He was able to get out of the way but his hand was struck by the vehicle. 

Once the scene was cleared, he was complaining of pain and swelling of the hand and wrist. 

He was advised to call the workplace incident nurse number and to have it looked at.

Smith transported himself to St. Bernards Hospital for treatment.

He was able to get the driver information, however he did not call it in to dispatch due to the situation.

Bradway identified the driver and vehicle in this incident from body camera footage.

Feb. 23 | 1:33 p.m. 

Officer Robert Kary responded to The Village in reference to a possible domestic disturbance.

Upon arrival, contact was made with the complainant who said there was loud banging and screaming coming from apartment 5. 

Upon arrival at apartment 5, Kary contacted the suspect who said she was frustrated because her daughter lost her shoe and was trying to find the shoe in her room. 

The suspect was told the noise was excessive and the University Police department would have to do a report on the matter.

Feb. 22 | 2:31 a.m. 

Officer Jacob Foster was patrolling Collegiate Park when he noticed the South Caraway gate to Collegiate Park was knocked over.

Upon reviewing the cameras, he saw the associated person drive up to the South Caraway gate to Collegiate Park in a blue Kia Optima and key in at approximately 2:23 a.m.

The suspect drove a red GMC Acadia. She followed the associated person through the gate, attempting to piggyback, and drove straight through the gate knocking it over without slowing down or stopping to try and prevent hitting the gate.  

The suspect and the associated person then parked in front of Collegiate Park building 2 and talked for a few minutes before heading into a room. Upon inspecting the suspects vehicle, Foster noticed an open can of alcohol in the cupholder. There was no visible damage to the gate. The suspect received a university referral for having alcohol on campus.

Feb. 22 | 2:42 p.m. 

Officer Travis Harwood responded to Centennial Bank Stadium due to a fire alarm notification. The JFD was on scene when he arrived. Sergeant Chase Barnett was first on scene and was able to source the alarm to room C003 through the fire panel records.

Upon inspection, they found that the alarm was activated by a burst water pipe in the southwest elevator shaft of Centennial Tower. Maintenance arrived to shut off the water to that specific location.

The JFD left the area and cleared the University Police to reset the alarm. Maintenance said they would reset it. 

Feb. 21 | 4:32 a.m. 

Officer Kevin Willis conducted a traffic stop at the intersection of Aggie Road and Red Wolf Boulevard on a red Hyundai Santa Fe driven by the suspect. Upon obtaining and running her information it was determined the suspect had a suspended driver’s license. 

Willis issued the suspect a citation for driving on a suspended license and instructed her to contact someone with a valid driver’s license to take possession of the vehicle. 

When the designated driver arrived, their information was checked and confirmed to be valid. Once verification was complete, the suspect and the designated driver were allowed to leave the scene.

Feb. 21 | 2:44 p.m.

Officer Robert Kary was patrolling the area of Intersection of Red Wolf Boulevard and Alumni Drive when he noticed a stop sign had been damaged and was laying on the ground. 

Kary had dispatch notify maintenance of the damaged property and began reviewing camera footage. 

The footage from the previous day, around 11:30 p.m., showed a male driving a gray Nissan Frontier hitting the stop sign after sliding on the ice. He attempted to pick up the sign but had no luck and drove off. 

There was visible damage to the front bumper of the truck. After searching the cameras Kary was able to locate the truck and the driver. 

The suspect was contacted and asked to come to dispatch to fill out a statement.

The suspect said he was approaching the stop sign and tried to pump his brakes when he began to slide. He realized he wasn’t going to be able to stop in time so in order to keep himself from sliding into oncoming traffic he pulled over into the ditch colliding with the stop sign. 

The suspect provided insurance information and pictures of the damage to his vehicle.

Categories: Campus Crime