Oxford Crime & Fire Reports for Oct. 19-20, 2018

The following reports were made Oct. 19-20, 2018, by city, university and county law enforcement agencies.

Oxford Police Department issued 66 tickets, investigated nine wrecks and the following reports:
2 911 hang-ups
19 alarms
3 animal complaints
2 burglaries
6 careless driving complaints
5 civil matters
22 disturbing the peace complaints
3 domestic simple assault
1 elderly assist
1 embezzlement
3 financial scams
1 found property
8 improper parking complaints
3 larcenies
4 lost properties
2 malicious mischief complaints
6 motorist assists
4 other agency assists
1 phone harassment
1 recovered property
4 simple assaults
21 suspicious activities
4 suspicious people
2 suspicious vehicles
1 trespassing
7 vehicle searches
11 welfare checks

OPD officers made the following arrests:
1 for domestic violence with simple assault
2 for DUI and careless driving
1 for DUI, careless driving and expired driver’s license
1 for DUI and open container
1 for DUI, no driver’s license and no liability insurance
1 for DUI, no liability insurance, careless driving and fake ID
1 for DUI and no headlights
1 for DUI, possession of a schedule 1 drug and possession of paraphernalia
1 for DUI-third, no headlights, possession of drug paraphernalia and driving while license suspended
2 for minor in possession of alcohol and disturbing the peace
2 for minor in possession and fake ID
2 for noise violation
1 for open container of alcohol
1 for possession of a schedule 2 drug, failure to obey and fake ID
15 for public drunks
1 for public drunkenness and malicious mischief
1 for public drunk, malicious mischief and possession of a schedule 2 drug
2 for shoplifting
1 for simple assault
1 for warrant served
1 for warrant served and disturbing the peace

Lafayette County Sheriff’s Department made one arrest for driving while license suspended, investigated two wrecks and the following reports:
1 aggravated assault
1 simple assault
5 alarms
4 animal complaints
1 residential burglary (CR 225)
6 disturbances
8 suspicious activities
1 vandalism
12 welfare concerns
4 transports
1 trespassing
1 noise complaint
3 information
6 follow-ups
1 unauthorized use of vehicle
2 traffic complaints
7 reckless driving complaints
1 road obstruction
11 papers served
1 agency assist
1 death

University Police Department investigated three and the following reports:
1 commercial burglary
1 larceny
3 disturbances
5 ambulances needed
2 possession of alcohol by a person under 21
2 suspicious vehicles
1 sexual battery
1 false pretense
2 intoxicated people

UPD officers made the following arrests:
1 for public drunkenness and possession of a fake ID
1 public drunk

Oxford Fire Department responded to the following calls:
10/19 – 11:36 a.m. – Student Union – second floor outside cooler smoke detector malfunction
10/19 – 2:01 p.m. – Oby’s – flower bed caught fire
10/19 – 2:44 p.m.- Tri Delta House – blow drying hair activated a smoke detector
10/19 – 9:16 p.m. – 134 Thacker Loop – smoke detector beeping – bad detector
10/20 – 12:34 a.m. – 302 Windsor Falls – smell of gas – checked residence with gas monitor and found nothing
10/20 – 12:24 p.m. – 309 Murray St. – cooking activated a smoke detector
10/20 – 11:54 a.m. – Old Taylor Road and 2002 Oxford Way – wreck call EMS already on scene
10/21 – 6:21 p.m. – Highway 6 West / Oxford Chevron West area – wreck, no injuries – helped with traffic control
10:21 – 7:05 p.m. – Kroger – someone pulled a fire alarm pull station as a prank

Hottytoddy.com staff report