Sept. 7 | 3:21 p.m.

Officer Haylee Chambers was dispatched to 2319 University Loop in reference to a parking lot accident.

Upon arrival, Chambers made contact with the complainant and the victim.

The complainant said he was turning left around the corner near North Park Quad building 1 when his steering wheel “popped” and sprung back to the right, hitting the Ford F-150 in the parking lot.

When Chambers spoke with the victim, he said he was walking to the Student Union when he heard a loud bang. When the victim turned around he noticed it was his F-150 that was struck.

The Dodge Charger was unable to be driven due to damages, a towing company was contacted by dispatch and they arrived to pick up the vehicle. The complainant was provided their business card and address.

Dispatch sent an email to parking services stating that the F-150 is unable to be moved and is sitting sideways in a parking spot. They were asked to not ticket the vehicle until it can be moved.

Sept. 5 | 3:53 p.m.

On Sept. 5, Officer Robert Kary was dispatched to the dispatch window to take a report for a possible fraud that occurred at 2515 Danner Street.

Upon arrival, Kary made contact with the victim. The victim said she received an email from an unidentified user, claiming she had been awarded a grant for school.

The victim clicked on the link and entered her first name, email, and password. The link also prompted her to click on a “withdrawal” button to receive the funds, but she did not click on it.

Kary told the victim to not click on anything else and to reset the passwords on all of her accounts.

The victim said that nothing had been taken from her accounts yet, but she wanted to make a report in case anything happens in the future. 

The victim provided screenshots of the email, which were submitted as evidence.

Sept. 5 | 7:19 a.m

On Sept. 4, the victim came to the UPD office to file a report in which he was the victim of a phishing scam. 

The victim said he responded to the email sent out on his A-State email looking for research help. The victim said he was immediately contacted after “applying for the job” by what he believed was a professor on campus and interviewed.

After receiving the job, the victim was sent two checks via email and told to deposit them into his account for “office Supplies.” After depositing one check, the suspect told Victim #1 Apple Pay the exact amount to another person, a “Cynthia Leonard” via her number. The transaction did not go through.

The suspect then advised the victim to go onto CashApp and use the $1921 to purchase and send Bitcoin via CashApp. 

The victim completed this transaction and sent the Bitcoin to the listed party on Sept. 3.

When the victim woke up on Sept. 4, he noticed that the bank had flagged the check deposits as fraudulent and taken the amount back out of his account. 

At this point he realized it was a scam.

Sept. 4 | 10:30 p.m.

Corporal Custodio was dispatched to the intersection of Aggie Road and University Loop East in reference to a hazardous driver. 

Upon her arrival, Custodio noticed a black pick up was parked on the sidewalk at the intersection of Aggie Road and University Loop East. She then tried to make contact with the driver of the vehicle. She advised him to roll his window down multiple times, but he did not respond. 

The driver had his eyes open and was moving but was not listening to commands given. Once more officers arrived on scene, the driver then rolled his windows down. 

Custodio identified the odor of intoxicants emitting from his person. She then asked the driver to step out of the vehicle. At that time the driver exited the vehicle and was stumbling and falling while trying to walk without assistance. Sgt. Oswalt attempted to identify the driver while Custodio searched his wallet.

Custodio discovered three false drivers licenses out of the state of Georgia. A valid license was never located. 

The driver was identified as the suspect. While speaking with the suspect in regard to the false ID cards, Custodio noticed that he had bloodshot watery eyes, slurred speech, and was incoherent when speaking. 

The suspect was placed under arrest. 

The suspect was placed in the rear passenger seat of Custodio’s marked patrol unit and seatbelted for safety. She then transported the suspect to Craighead County Detention center. 

At 11 p.m., Custodio escorted the suspect to conduct a blood alcohol content (BAC) test.

She read the suspects his rights and all proper documentation was filled out. Once the BAC test was completed, the final breath test results concluded a BAC of .225%. 

The suspect was booked into the Craighead County Detention Center for careless and prohibited driving, possession of counterfeit drivers licenses, and driving while intoxicated.

Sept. 4 | 1:44 p.m.

On Sept. 4, the complainant told Officer Billy Branch that the parking gate at 2319 University Loop had been broken. 

In reviewing video, Branch found that the listed vehicle had caused the damage by slowly

attempting to drive under the gate. In doing so, the gate arm broke.

A check was made in our system which showed on June 27, the suspect was the driver of this vehicle involving a traffic stop that was conducted by one of our officers.

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