Disturbance results in two being taken to county jail

JUSTIN COMBS
Senior Writer
seniorwriter@occc.edu

Two campus visitors caused a disturbance that led to both of them being arrested and taken to the Oklahoma County jail Feb. 11.

Campus Safety and Security Officer Chad Clingman and Sgt. Kevin Tipton responded to a disturbance call at the Welcome Center.

According to the report, Clingman encountered Christopher Cornelison, the person he had been told was causing the problem.

Cornelison said he was on campus taking a placement test in the Testing Center and was on break looking for his girlfriend to get a cigarette.

As the officers escorted Cornelison to the Testing Center to recover his ID, both officers reportedly smelled a strong odor of alcohol coming from Cornelison. When asked if he had been drinking, Cornelison said he had.

Cornelison was eventually taken to the Safety and Security office where he agreed to be placed in handcuffs.

Once detained outside the office, Officers Brandon Wheeler and Jeffrey Porter arrived with Cornelison’s girlfriend, Amber Joslin, who was belligerent and reeked of alcohol, according to the report, also was detained.

Clingman made copies of their IDs while Tipton contacted the Oklahoma City Police Department.

Once Sgt. Mosier from OCPD arrived, Joslin continued her outburst and began kicking cabinets as Mosier called for another officer to help take the two to the county jail.

Joslin was issued a trespassing warning by Clingman.

The sounding of a fire alarm in the Southeast Science Center on Feb. 9 spurred an evacuation of the college.

According to the report, security spoke with Professor Nguyen Truong, who said her class was igniting bunson burners and that the first bunson burner did not light. The gas was turned up causing a 12-inch flame and smoke to rise from the bunson burner, activating the alarm.

In another incident Feb. 9, Safety and Security Officer Tanya Vroenen was dispatched on a possible vehicle break in.

Vroenen met with Cassie Williams in Parking lot G at her Ford F-150. Williams told Vroenen when she returned to her pickup at 11:05 a.m., she found her door handle was broken and she was unable to get into her vehicle through that door.

Vroenen examined the handle and reported that she could not find any evidence to indicate someone had tried to break into the vehicle with force or any other object.

According to the report, the handle had been over extended and would not go back into place, but no type of tool marks or holes were visible.