Oxford Crime Report: Friday – Sunday, August 7 – 9

Oxford police responded to the following incidents: 16 alarms, eight suspicious activities, four disturbances, four malicious mischief, four careless driving, three welfare concerns, three petit larcenies, three improper parking, three noise violations, two ambulance assists, two motorist assists, a harassment, a grand larceny, a false pretense, a code violation, a fire department assist, a lost property, a littering, a 911 hang up call, an animal complaint, and a burglary at Oxford Square Apartments.

Oxford police investigated six wrecks, issued 76 traffic citations and made eight arrests on the following charges:

• (3) public intoxications
• Running a stop sign, no driver’s license nor car insurance
• No driver’s license and possession of drug paraphernalia
• Possession of drug paraphernalia
• Noise violation and DUI
• Careless driving, no driver’s license nor car insurance but with DUI

University police responded to the following incidents: 26 vehicle stops, a service call for a suspicious person at the Airport at Ole Miss, emergency medical services due to alcohol poisoning at Stockard Hall, and a speeding at Intramural Field Road.

Oxford Fire Department responded to the following incidents:
August 7

• A power pole wire on fire at 10:04 a.m. at intersection of Price Street and North Lamar Boulevard
• A lightning hit a power pole causing the base to catch fire at 10:13 a.m. at 164 Jeanette Phillips Drive>/li>
• A smoke detector activated at 11:14 a.m. by workers cutting sheetrock at Kappa Sigma house
• A smoke detector activated at 7:50 p.m. by a fog machine at Brown Hall

August 8

• A smoke detector malfunction at 6:07 a.m. at Northgate Dorms
• A cancelled call at 8:16 a.m. at 906 Murfield
• A smoke detector malfunction at 11:07 a.m. at Rebel Book Store
• A cancelled call at 4:04 p.m. at 701 Faulkner Woods Place
• A tree fell on a power line causing it to catch fire at 8:14 p.m. at 299 Phillip Road

August 9

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