HEC/News-Incidents

HEC/News
Incidents
Friday, January 23, 2009

The following contains a summary of alcohol, other drug, and
violence-related incidents posted to the Incidents section of the
Center's Web site:

"Two University of Maine at Farmington students were arrested Thursday
night after drug enforcement agents and police seized an indoor
marijuana-growing operation at the home of one of the students'
parents..."

"Police say [a] 22-year-old [Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University graduate student] was decapitated with a kitchen knife while
having coffee with a Chinese doctoral student in a campus cafe Wednesday
night..."

"A Keene State College student was arrested on drug charges after a
three-month police investigation into drug dealing on the college
campus..."

"Autopsy results released Wednesday by San Luis Obispo police showed
very high amounts of alcohol in the body of...the 18-year-old
[California Polytechnic State University] student who died after
attending a fraternity party last month..."

"Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeals agrees that an alleged drug
dealer in Vero Beach shouldn't be held accountable on a first-degree
murder charge in the death of a local college student who died of a
methadone overdose in Indian River County in 2005..."

"Oxford's Drug and Alcohol Enforcement Unit was busy over the weekend,
seizing two pounds of marijuana, approximately $6,000 in cash and
several dozen pieces of drug paraphernalia during a series of drug
busts... Nine subjects were arrested in connection with three separate
raids, at least four of whom were Miami University students..."

"... a 26-year-old law student at Quinnipiac University serving his
second stint as a judicial branch intern, was arrested Tuesday at around
9:15 a.m. Marshals found [he] had marijuana on him as he was trying to
enter Stamford Superior Court, according to the lawyer he was assigned
to assist, public defender..."

"A [University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee] student was sexually assaulted in
her off-campus apartment on Saturday morning, according to Milwaukee
police. The accused attacker was arrested within an hour of the
assault..."

"[University of] Arkansas freshman forward...was arrested Sunday morning
on several traffic-related charges, including driving while intoxicated,
and was suspended indefinitely from the Razorbacks' basketball team..."

"A 20-year-old University of Georgia student who tried to drive home
after a night of drinking passed out at a stop sign Sunday with the car
still running, police said..."

To read this week's and previous weeks' stories, visit the Incidents
section of the Center's Web site:
http://www.higheredcenter.org/services/assistance/news/incidents.

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The Higher Education Center news service (HEC/News) is provided by the
U.S. Department of Education's Higher Education Center for Alcohol and
Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention as a way to disseminate news
and information related to alcohol and other drug abuse and violence
prevention on campus and in surrounding communities. Through its Office
of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, the Department funds the Center under
contract number ED-04-CO-0137. The contracting officer's representative
is Tara Hill. The content of HEC/News does not necessarily reflect the
views or policies of the U.S. Department of Education, nor does the
mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply
endorsement by the U.S. government.

For more information visit
http://www.higheredcenter.org/services/assistance/news/disclaimer.

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Received on Fri Jan 23 2009 - 16:21:27 EST