University Student Charged With Underage Possession of Alcohol

A University student was charged with underage possession of alcohol by a University police officer at 3 a.m. Saturday.

According to the University police report, Andrew Ross Erskine, 19, was reported to the police by a security guard for “trying to gain access into Morris Hall.”

When the officer arrived on the scene he realized that Erskine confused about where he was. As the officer was interviewing Erskine he reportedly smelled the odor of alcohol on his breath.

According to the document, the security guard filled out a witness statement, stating that he too smelled alcohol on Erskine. He reportedly admitted to consuming alcohol earlier that evening.

Erskine was arrested for underage possession of alcohol and transported to the Athens-Clarke County Jail.

Man arrested on campus with DUI

A man was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol by a University police officer at 2:25 a.m. on Sunday.

According to the University police report, Andrew Virgil Hale, 27, was pulled over for failing to maintain his lane while driving on East Campus Road. The officer reportedly noticed that Hale had bloodshot eyes and “was having a hard time putting sentences together.”

After obtaining Hale’s driver’s license the officer asked him twice whether he had consumed any alcohol that morning. Hale stated that he had not. According to the document, the officer asked Hale to perform some voluntary field sobriety exercises and Hale agreed.

The officer reportedly explained and demonstrated each evaluation prior to asking Hale to perform them. Hale was instructed to perform the “Walk and turn”, “One leg stand”, “Romberg Balance”, and “Finger to nose” tests.

At the conclusion of the exercises Hale was placed under arrest for DUI and failure to maintain lane.

According to the report, the officer read the Georgia Implied Consent Notice for Suspects Age 21 and Over to Hale three times. Hale reportedly stated that he didn’t know what to do because he had drank two beers in the last half hour and was worried about what the results of the breath test would be. Hale declined to take a breath test.

Hale was arrested for DUI and failure to maintain lane and then transported to the University Police department to complete paperwork. He was then transported to the Athens-Clarke County Jail.

Student arrested, faces three charges

A University student was charged with driving under the influence, underage possession of alcohol, and failure to obey a traffic control device on Monday at 7:41 a.m.

Kayla Danielle Craft, 20, was pulled over by an Athens-Clarke County Police officer for numerous traffic violations. Craft was pulled over into the parking lot of an apartment complex on North Avenue and gave the officer her driver’s license.

The officer reportedly observed her watery eyes and the odor of alcohol on her breath. According to the police report, Craft agreed to perform the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus test. After performing this test the officer asked her to perform the “Walk and Turn” and “One Leg Stand” tests. At the conclusion of these tests Craft was asked to blow into the officer’s Alco-Sensor, which she did. It was positive for alcohol at .10. The officer placed Craft under arrest for DUI at that point.

Craft was transported to the Willow Street Precinct for two additional breath tests, which also tested positive for alcohol.

Student Charged with Criminal Trespass

A University student was charged with criminal trespass intrusion upon property by an Athens-Clarke County Police officer at 6 a.m. on Sunday.

Reeve Joseph Wainright, 25, was discovered sleeping on the living room couch in a house that he didn’t live in on Tara Way. The residents of the house called the police when they heard someone open the front door and walk inside the house.

According to the police report, they then climbed out of the house through the bathroom window and waited in a neighbor’s yard for the police to arrive. The residents reportedly had a rifle with them.

The police arrived, entered the house, and discovered Wainright sleeping on the living room couch with no shoes on. Wainright appeared to be very intoxicated and told the police that he was currently over at a friend’s house on the East side. He also asked for his shoes repeatedly.

Wainright was arrested for criminal trespass and transported to the Athens-Clarke County Jail. His shoes were not found on the property.

Student charged with public intoxication

A University student was charged with public intoxication by an Athens-Clarke County Police officer at 2:10 a.m. on Sunday.

Erik Smither, 21, was reportedly interrupting a police officer as he talked to a disorderly female at the Lay-Z Shopper convenience store. According to the police report, Smither’s breath had the odor of alcohol on it and his eyes were bloodshot.

Smither identified himself to the police officer and the officer asked Smither to leave, but he refused, stating that the disorderly female was his friend. The officer reportedly asked Smither to leave again and Smither obeyed. As Smither walked away, he yelled out loud “you’re fucking stupid”, according to the document.

Smither was charged with public intoxication and transported to the Clarke County Jail.

Student charged with disorderly conduct, barred from The Grill

A University student was charged with public intoxication and disorderly conduct at 2:45 a.m. on Saturday.

Athens-Clarke County units were dispatched to The Grill where they were met by the manager who told them that a couple of females had been disorderly and that one struck him across the face.

Prior to the arrival of the police, Allison Poindexter, a University student, had thrown up outside the bathroom because the bathroom had been occupied. According to the police report, the manager then instructed Poindexter and her friend Jessica Ricketts, another University student, to leave.

Ricketts, 24, reportedly argued with him and told him that she was going to eat her food before she left. The manager told her that she would not be served, but Ricketts replied “you don’t know who I am” and asked him if he wanted to be hit when he commanded her to leave the restaurant again.

The two students then entered the bathroom despite the manager’s instructions to leave the restaurant. After about 10 minutes the manager returned and asked them to leave. At that point, Ricketts reportedly slapped him across the face and then went to sit down at a table.

The manager then called 911. When police arrived the manager then proceeded to bar both students from the restaurant for the next two years. Both students said that they understood.

According to the document, the officer first spoke to Ricketts who first asked if he knew a police officer friend of hers when she asked if she had consumed alcohol earlier. She later admitted to having consumed alcohol and registered positive for breath alcohol on the Alco-sensor (.153).

Ricketts reportedly denied having slapped the manager and then called her police officer friend, cursing loudly. The officer asked Poindexter why Ricketts slapped the manager and she replied “because he was being a jerk to us.”

The officer noted that Poindexter had the odor of alcoholic beverage on her breath and had “red, glassy eyes”. Ricketts was arrested for public intoxication and disorderly conduct and transported to the Athens-Clarke County jail.

Crime reports, June 6