UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 2013 “If you are saying I’m a remarkable person, the only thingFORTUNATE I’d say is I’ve been ” INSIDE HODGEPODGE 2 Wednesday, June 12, 2013 SPINNAKER // UNFSPINNAKER.COM SPINNAKER // UNFSPINNAKER.COM Wednesday, June 12, 2013 3 news 5 expressions 12 sports 21 Check out more Police Beats online at unfspinnaker.com June 1 DUI (Garage 44):A UPD officer responded to a car accident in front of the Fine Arts Garage. Upon arriving at the scene, the officer found the driver and passenger sitting on the sidewalk. Both admitted to using LSD and marijuana and the driver admitted to giving LSD to the passenger. The driver gave the officer consent to search his vehicle, but no contraband was found. The officer took both subjects to Lot 41. While patting down the driver, the officer found a small pipe with marijuana residue. The officer then read the driver SUMMER A his Miranda rights and performed field sobriety tests. During a walk-and-turn exercise, the driver missed four heel-to-toe steps out of eight and stepped off the line twice. During a 30-second standing leg exercise, the driver put his foot down three times. The officer performed another 30-second balance test on the driver POLICE where he used his arms to balance himself. The officer also noticed the driver’s eyes were bloodshot, glassy and moving involuntarily. 5 15 21 The passenger, a minor, was turned over to his father after being examined and cleared by Jacksonville Fire BEAT and Rescue. The officer found a small amount of marijuana on the passenger, so he seized it and turned it in to the property room. The driver’s vehicle was turned over to his mother and the driver was arrested. Upon arriving at the pretrial detention facility, a nurse said the suspect needed to be taken to the hospital because he had taken an unknown amount of LSD. The officer took the suspect to Shands Jacksonville Hospital, where // TOWNSEND // ON A ROLL // TO THE BIG LEAGUES the suspect consented to a blood draw. The officer took the blood draw kit and evidence to the property room. The U.S. Army set up a medical Jacksonville RollerGirls make their Three current and two potential The officer charged the suspect with careless driving and contributing to the delinquency of a minor and is- station April 15 to recruit and way to UNF’s Arena. UNF baseball players were sued a DUI citation. Both passengers were banned from UNF’s campus. inform students. selected to play major league ball in the 2013 MLB draft. May 1 Stolen Property (Osprey Fountains): A UPD of- hour zone. When the vehicle passed the officer, he May 30 Voyeurism: A UPD officer was dispatched to ficer met with a student in response to stolen prop- noticed a sound coming from the car which led the the Fine Arts Center in response to a person taking erty. He said he locked up his bike outside Osprey officer to believe the car was dragging something. pictures in the men’s restroom. The officer arrived to Fountains at 10:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 1. He The vehicle then made a right turn onto Alumni find a young man standing on the sidewalk next to said he was visiting a friend at the Fountains, where Drive. While following the vehicle, the officer ob- the Fine Arts Center. The officer also noticed two wit- he left his bike until returning Friday, May 3. He said served the car cross over the yellow center traffic line nesses restraining another man on the sidewalk near he returned around 12:30 p.m. and noticed his bike three times. The officer then activated his emergency Building 14. The victim told the officer he was using was missing. He said his bike lock was also missing. lights and pulled the car over. the restroom in the Fine Arts Center when he saw The student contacted UPD Lost and Found, but they another man using a cellphone camera to film be- had no records of the bicycle. The student was un- The officer noticed the driver, who was the only one tween a crack in the bathroom stall. The victim then able to provide any information about the suspect, in the car, had a strong odor of alcohol on his breath. ran out of the restroom and building, where he saw and the officer was not able to discover any investi- When the officer asked the driver if he had anything the suspect also running. The victim began chasing gative leads. to drink that night, the driver said he consumed one the suspect and yelling at him. drink at dinner. The officer noticed the front of his June 5 Stolen Property (Building 45): A UPD officer car had been in a crash and the bumper was dragging The victim said he caught up with the suspect and met with a UNF employee in Building 45 in response on the ground. The officer asked the driver if he had pushed him, which caused the suspect to fall into to stolen property. The employee told the officer he been in an accident or if someone had hit his car. The some bushes. At this point, the two witnesses began had left his iPad on his desk for a few hours. He said driver said neither happened. The driver had blood- restraining the suspect. Another witness said she ob- he noticed it was gone when he was leaving for the shot and glassy eyes, with dilated pupils. served the suspect running from the Fine Arts Center day. The employee said he tried to find his iPad with with the victim chasing after him. She said she went its tracking feature. He said he was unable to locate The officer asked the driver to exit the vehicle and to the nearest blue emergency phone. his iPad at the time, and he was unable to locate the perform field sobriety tests. The driver struggled in Another UPD officer arrived to conduct an initial 22 iPad with the officer. The employee told the officer the eye-tracking exercises. In a heel-to-toe step ex- interview. The suspect consented to a search of his 7 14 he would attempt to locate the iPad’s serial number. ercise, the driver missed six steps in a row. He turned phone and computer. The search revealed a video of The employee said he might have left his office un- around and missed five more steps. The driver swayed the victim using the restroom on the suspect’s phone. locked for a moment during the afternoon. The offi- the entire time during a one-legged standing exer- The victim is partially naked in the video. The search // CLUBHOUSE // HAPPY BIRTHday, SPINNAKER! // NEW RECRUITS cer sent in a request for a key audit and patrol efforts cise and put his feet down twice. He completed the also revealed other videos of potential victims of voy- A student position raises questions Remembering those who helped start UNF men’s soccer recruits in state are continuing. finger-to-nose exercise without any problems. eurism on the suspect’s cell phone and laptop. Both about tenure process. up UNF’s student run newspaper and and out-of-state talent for its items were placed in the JSO property room. The sus- the communications department promising 2013 recruit class. June 8 DUI (UNF Drive): A UPD officer was driving on The driver was placed under arrest for DUI and taken pect, Joshua Hott, was charged with voyeurism. Hott UNF Drive where he saw a person driving a car at an to Duval County Jail. The officer said the driver was is not a UNF student. estimated 44 miles per hour. The officer checked the cooperative throughout the entire investigation. The Email Gordon Rhyne at car’s speed with a radar, which read a speed of 45 driver’s vehicle was handed over to his roommate. [email protected] miles per hour. The car was driving in a 30 mile per The driver was not a UNF student. NEED MORE CONTENT? INDEX PHOTOS COVER PHOTO ILLUSTRATION CHECK OUT OSPREY TV'S NEWSCAST AT RANDY RATAJ, FACEBOOK, SEAN PATTERSON, BY: RANDY RATAJ, JOEY TARAVELLA SKYDIVE SPACE CENTER, AND TRAVIS GIBSON Source: University Police Department Compiled by: Gordon Rhyne UNFSPINNAKER.COM. PaGE 12 the website’s NOT BAD, EITHER. NEWS SPINNAKER // UNFSPINNAKER.COM 4 Wednesday, June 12, 2013 SPINNAKER // UNFSPINNAKER.COM news 5 Wednesday, June 12, 2013 101 ways to reuse your Spinnaker: “Look at the things you can do” Governor Scott vetoes tuition increase — Remembering J.T. Townsend BY GORDON RHYNE a tuition increase. DAILY NEWS EDITOR “This is a bold first step in the right di- feed yourself some rection by our governor and state represen- Governor Rick Scott vetoed a three per- tatives,” Fassi said. cent tuition increase May 20. However, the price of tuition will in- knowledge In a May 24 letter to Florida university evitably go up. In the June 11 Board of board of trustee chairs, Scott said tuition Trustees meeting, it was announced that increases essentially serve as tax hikes on UNF will be raising the price of tuition by families. 1.7 percent to account for inflation. “I have consistently fought to hold the Director of Communications Ryan line on tuition,” Scott said. Traher said Fassi motioned to put half of However, in an April 17, 2012 article, the sum raised by the tuition increase into the Tampa Bay Times reported Governor financial aid.