College Security Report: April 28-May 9, 2010
April 28
6 p.m.— A SCAD staff member reported to security that someone had hit his vehicle while it was parked at Old Arch. The man stated that he had parked his vehicle at 9:45 a.m., and that there was damage to the rear door on the passenger side when he returned at 6 p.m. Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police responded to the scene and issued a report.
9 p.m.— A SCAD student contacted security at 10:06 p.m., and stated that he had been robbed at knifepoint by the bike racks at Arnold Hall. The student stated that he had exited a SCAD bus at 9 p.m. and went to the bike rack to retrieve his bike. As he approached the bike rack he noticed two men cutting the bike lock to his bike. The men demanded that he empty his pockets and took his cell phone, SCAD ID and his bike. Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police responded to the student’s residence and completed a report.
April 29
6:40 p.m.— Security responded to a medical call at Poetter Hall. A SCAD staff member’s husband had suffered a seizure while at Poetter Hall. EMS responded to the scene and transported the man to Memorial University Medical Center.
April 30
3:30 p.m.— A SCAD student reported to security that his HP tablet computer had been stolen from the sheds area of Eichberg Hall. The student stated that he had briefly left his workstation to talk to friends and that the tablet was missing when he returned. The student stated that he had seen someone that he did not recognize as a student in the area immediately before his tablet went missing. Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police responded to the scene and requested access to any videotape of the area. The SCAD security director was contacted and responded to the scene to meet with police.
5:30 p.m.— Security responded to a smoke detector activation at a room in Barnard Village. Security determined that the alarm by a student cooking in the dorm.
May 1, 2010
2 p.m.— A SCAD student reported to security that someone had damaged her car by scratching the passenger doors, rear passenger fender, hood, driver’s side roof and by scratching the word “Bitch” into the driver’s side door. The student stated that she had parked the car at Turner Annex after returning from a party at 1:30 a.m., and that she was unsure whether the scratches may have occurred at the party or at Turner Annex. The student also stated that she believed that the vehicle might have been damaged by other SCAD students that she had previously had issues with and that had seen her at the party. Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police and the residence director responded to the scene, and the police issued a report.
10:20 p.m.— A SCAD student notified security that he had accidentally left his wallet and keys inside the computer lab at Morris Hall and that the door had locked behind him. Security contacted SCAD’s security director who arranged to have the door opened for the student.
May 2
10:30 p.m.— Security responded to a smoke detector activation at a room in Barnard Village. Security determined that the alarm was caused by a student cooking in the dorm.
May 3
No activity was reported.
May 4
No activity was reported.
May 5
7 a.m.— Two SCAD employees reported to security that they had discovered that someone had vandalized the computers in the graduate lab at Gulfstream. The damage consisted of a cut cord and soda poured into the keyboards. Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police responded to the scene and issued a report.
10:10 p.m.— Security responded to a medical call at Eckburg Hall. A SCAD student stated that she had not been feeling well and that her boyfriend was enroute to take her home. The student stated that she did not need further assistance or EMS response.
11:07 p.m.— Security responded to an alarm activation at a room in Barnard Village. Security met the Savannah Fire Department at the scene and determined that the alarm was caused by a student cooking in the dorm. The alarm was silenced and reset.
May 6
9:50 a.m.— Security responded to Barnard Village at the request of a residence director. The residence director stated that a SCAD student was in possession of a paintball gun that violated the campus weapons policy. The student turned the paintball gun, which was being kept in his vehicle, over to security.
7:30 p.m.— Security responded to a call from a room in Boundary Village regarding a malfunctioning stove. A SCAD residence director stated that a student was boiling water when a heating coil on the stove malfunctioned and had blown out. Power to the stove was disconnected and the item was placed on the maintenance log.
7:37 p.m.— Security responded to an alarm activation at a room in Barnard Village. Security determined that the alarm was false and no smoke or haze was present.
7:54 p.m.— A 9-11 dispatch officer contacted security and stated that a student named had called 9-11 and requested a ride to the hospital. The dispatch officer told security that she had declined to send police or EMS to the student. An operations manager contacted the security officer at Oglethorpe House and it was determined that the student had just departed Oglethorpe House with a friend to go to the hospital. The student’s father contacted dispatch to ask why security had not given his daughter a ride to the hospital and it was explained to the father that the daughter had contacted 9-11 and not security and that the student had departed the scene with a friend prior to security’s arrival. At 9 p.m. the student returned to Oglethorpe House and stated that she had not gone to the hospital because her mother had told her that she would drive up from Jacksonville to take her to get medical attention. The student stated that she had injured her finger with a drill while working at the Lucas Theatre. She did not contact college security at the time and was treated at the fire station on Abercorn Street. She decided to call 9-11 when the pain in her finger got worse. The student’s mother arrived on site and took the student home for the weekend.
May 7
4:10 p.m.— A SCAD student reported to security that had been damaged while parked in the Dyson parking lot. The student stated that she had parked the vehicle at 7 p.m. on May 6, and that she noticed damage to the driver’s side keyhole when she returned at 4 p.m. May 7. Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police responded to the scene and issued a report.
5:30 p.m.— A SCAD professor reported to security that someone had tampered with the ignition switch of his vehicle while it was parked in front of Arnold Hall. The professor stated that he had parked the car at 3 p.m., and that he noticed the damage when he returned to the vehicle at 5:30 p.m. The vehicle was unlocked while it was parked. Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police responded to the scene and issued a report.
6:20 p.m.— Two SCAD employees reported to security that their SCAD van had been struck by a bullet while they were driving on Montgomery Street near 52nd Street. Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police responded to the scene and were investigating the area at the time of this report.
9:20 p.m.— Security responded to a smoke detector trouble alarm at a room in Boundary Village. Security determined that the alarm was false and that there was no smoke or haze present.
May 8
12:53 a.m.— Security observed four male SCAD students removing carpet from a fenced-in area at next to the hotel on Turner Boulevard. Security contacted a residence director and on-call manager, who stated that the college would handle the issue internally since the owner of the lot could not be determined and that it appeared as if the fencing had been cut by someone other than the students.
11:40 a.m.— Security responded to a vehicle accident involving a SCAD security vehicle and a SCAD student’s vehicle on Barnard Street between Orleans Square and the Savannah Civic Center. Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police responded to the scene and issued a report.
May 9
7:20 a.m.— Security responded to a smoke detector activation at Hamilton Hall. Security met the Savannah Fire Department at the scene and determined that the alarm was false and that there was no smoke or haze present.
