Unlawful Drinking

Police responded at 1:30 a.m. Jan. 16 to reports of a drunken man in the lobby of Freshman North residence hall. The 19-year-old, white male admitted guilt and was given a citation for underage drinking.

Ongoing Investigation

A female resident of Towers East reported an intruder in her dorm room at 6:30 a.m. Jan. 17. The incident occurred between 2 and 2:30 a.m. The reports state the resident left her door unlocked, was awakened and saw a silhouette of a man standing in her room. She said she demanded the stranger to leave and the suspect fled. MUPD is still investigating the incident.

DUI

A Marshall University student was pulled over and charged with a DUI at 5 a.m. Jan 18 after driving the wrong direction on a one-way street. The 22-year-old, white male turned left from 20th Street onto Fifth Avenue heading westbound. He took a left turn onto 19th Street and was pulled over by MUPD in the adjacent student parking lot. The officer noticed the suspect reeked of alcohol and had red eyes. The man was arrested after failing a set of field sobriety tests. At 6:10 a.m. his blood alcohol content was .289.

Tyler Ferris can be contacted at [email protected].