Broken window, suspicious person tops crime list
By Stephen Sossamon, Staff Writer
Security officer William Busby noticed a car at entry 6 with a broken passenger window June 23, according to a campus crime report.
Dispatch was contacted and OCCC Chief Technology Officer James Riha, came outside and said the car was his, according to the report.
Science and Mathematics Dean Max Simmons said, while returning from lunch, he saw the ground crew mowing in the area.
Simmons said the next thing he saw was the window busted out.
Riha filled out claims forms, given to him by the grounds crew, to have the window fixed, according to the crime report.
Also on June 23, security officer Brandon Wheeler, while on routine patrol, noticed something he said he thought was a silhouette through the window of the new Arts Education Center, according to the crime report.
Wheeler turned his vehicle around and shined his spotlight into the building through the new dock area, according to the crime report.
Wheeler said, while spotlighting the building, he saw a white male, in the window, run in front of the spotlight westbound toward Regents Boulevard.
At about 9:30 p.m., Wheeler called for a back-up and gave dispatch the description of the person, according to the crime report.
The suspect is a white male, about 5’8” to 5’10,” 160 to 180 pounds, and was wearing a light-colored T-shirt, according to the crime report.
“We haven’t identified the subject yet,” Wheeler said. “But, we did the building search and nothing was damaged.”
After security officer Kevin Tipton arrived on the scene, he and Wheeler performed a full building sweep, according to the report.
After a complete room-by-room search, the suspect was never located, according to the report.
There also were two incidents of fire extinguisher discharges on the same day.
Security officer Jacob Roby investigated a fire extinguisher discharge in the area of 1P1A, in the Main Building, according to an incident report.
Roby said the extinguisher had been discharged onto the wall and the floor.
Around 5 p.m., Roby received another call to the area of 3K2 of the Main Building, about a discharged fire extinguisher, but found out it had been discharged in the area of 3M6, according to the crime report.
Staff Writer Stephen Sossamon can be reached at onlineeditor@occc.edu.
