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University police are busy in the month of May
BY SARA JOCHEMS
STATESMAN STAFF WRITER
ISSUE: 78/30
Man arrested for outstanding warrant
A 19-year-old man who had a warrant out for his arrest, by St. Louis County, was arrested for underage consumption. Around 5 p.m. on May 3, the suspect, Adam Olson, was spotted by university officers on University Drive staggering, said Sgt. Huls. “The officers approached the suspect and later identified
him to be intoxicated,” Huls said. “He was not arrested on a new charge because there was already a warrant out for his arrest. He was issued a new citation, and that was for underage drinking.”
Olson, a non-UMD student had an outstanding warrant out for his arrest, because, according to Huls, he didn’t care to take care of the tickets or appear in court. According to Huls’ police report, the amount of tickets that were issued to him does not say.
Suspect lodged for methamphetamine
Early yesterday morning, around 12:30 a.m., there was a suspicious car parked near Chester Park School construction site. Huls said officers approached the car and got IDs from two men who were in the car. “When the officers asked the men what they were doing, they said, ‘looking in dumpsters for copper,’ ” Hulsa said. “From there the car was searched and a small amount of methamphetamine was discovered in the car, along with cutting tools.”
Huls continued saying that one of the men was also under the influence of methamphetamine. “He was lodged for 5th degree felony possession of methamphetamine,” Huls said. The suspect was sent to St. Louis County jail. His name cannot yet be released because a formal charge was has not been determined, according to Huls. Huls added that it does not appear these men are related to the suspects who stole over $50,000 worth of copper from the Chester Park School construction site back in April.
