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Snapshot: the weekend in the dunes
By LAURA MITCHELL
Staff Writer
Visitors to the Imperial Sand Dunes kept law enforcement officers busy over the Thanksgiving weekend. Here is a snapshot from 5 a.m. Friday to 1 p.m. Saturday of activity recorded on in the Sheriff's Office.
From the Sheriff's booking log:
· Obstructing/resisting an officer: Daniel Thomas Cowher of Fullerton. Arrested at Glamis 7:30 p.m. Friday.
· Disorderly intoxicated: Kevin Eugene Davis of Lake Havasu, Ariz. Arrested at Glamis 7:39 p.m. Friday.
· Battery on an officer: male juvenile offender. Arrested at Glamis 7:49 p.m. Friday.
· False information to a peace officer: Brian Anthony Ramatulla of Mesa, Ariz. Arrested at Glamis 7:53 p.m. Friday.
· Misdemeanor drunken driving: Donald Lee Wilson of El Cajon. Arrested at Interstate 8 and Grays Well 10:35 p.m. Friday.
· Misdemeanor drunken driving: Socorro Enriquez of Anaheim. Arrested at Highway 78 and Osborne Overlook 11:05 p.m. Friday.
· Indecent exposure: Wendy Orissa Woodbury of Murrietta. Arrested at Oldsmoblie Hill 11:25 p.m. Friday.
· Disorderly intoxicated: Timothy Richard Fowler of La Crescenta. Arrested at Glamis 11:20 p.m. Friday.
· Indecent exposure: Alisha Nicole Greenlea of Highland. Arrested at Glamis 2:38 a.m. Saturday.
· Disorderly intoxicated: Bret Michael Jones of Yuma. Arrested at Buttercup 2:46 a.m. Saturday.
· Misdemeanor drunken driving: Blake Edward Harrison of Yuma. Arrested at Buttercup 3:11 a.m. Saturday.
· Misdemeanor drunken driving: James Aaron King of Camp Pendleton. Arrested at Glamis Flats Road 3:32 a.m. Saturday.
· Obstructing/resisting an officer: Matthew Allen Turner of Holtville. Arrested at Glamis Dunes 4:12 a.m. Saturday.
· Evading an officer: Jeremy Douglas Osborne of Glendale, Ariz. Arrested at Glamis dunes 4:23 a.m. Saturday.
From the sheriff's activity log:
· Multiple interfering and resisting an officer reports at the Sand Drags between 3:30 and 5 p.m. Friday.
· Deputies had to shut down a band playing at 6:30 p.m. Friday in the Garbage Flats area.
· An assault was reported at 7:39 p.m. Friday at Vendor Flats.
· Officers took a 12-gauge shotgun from someone at 8:40 p.m. at the Oldsmobile Highway checkpoint.
· Police received reports of shots fired at 9:51 p.m. at Wash 22 and the railroad tracks.
· Officers called for assistance at 10:17 p.m. Friday at Oldsmobile Hill. Bottles had been thrown at them.
· Two 2003 Honda XR50 motorcycles were reported stolen Saturday morning from the Gecko Road campground.
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According to my calculations, it was 55 times more likely that an attendee at the Dec. 8 Chargers-Raiders game would be arrested than a duner during the Thanksgiving weekend in Glamis.
So, does the National Guard clear out the View Level after the third quarter? Clear out the parking lot immediately after the game and check to see who is intoxicated at the exits? Check licenses and registration on all vehicles coming and going?
Maybe do nothing because NFL game volence is a necessary evil balanced against profit and no profit (at least to the authorities) is made in Glamis.
A myriad of political forces are at work regarding Glamis. Maybe even better than 55 times the opposition to our local NFL franchise and its acceptable crime.
So the game goes on with no effect from the attendent crime and the relatively mild (in comparison)weekend in the ISDR goes to press sounding like Hitler invading Poland.
Maybe the Imperial County Sheriff needs a sense of perspective? Anyone have his donor list from the last election?
So, does the National Guard clear out the View Level after the third quarter? Clear out the parking lot immediately after the game and check to see who is intoxicated at the exits? Check licenses and registration on all vehicles coming and going?
Maybe do nothing because NFL game volence is a necessary evil balanced against profit and no profit (at least to the authorities) is made in Glamis.
A myriad of political forces are at work regarding Glamis. Maybe even better than 55 times the opposition to our local NFL franchise and its acceptable crime.
So the game goes on with no effect from the attendent crime and the relatively mild (in comparison)weekend in the ISDR goes to press sounding like Hitler invading Poland.
Maybe the Imperial County Sheriff needs a sense of perspective? Anyone have his donor list from the last election?
That's a great response! Why not submit it to the source? I've submitted three or four times, and they've published what I wrote (far less eloquent than yours) each time:
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Poiks:
A revision in the arrest count at Qualcomm Stadium (final police blotter) has required me to recalculate. Not 55, but 98 times the potential for crime per participant hour at the game versus at Glamis for the Thanksgiving weekend.
As soon as practical, I will forward this to IVPress Online.
A revision in the arrest count at Qualcomm Stadium (final police blotter) has required me to recalculate. Not 55, but 98 times the potential for crime per participant hour at the game versus at Glamis for the Thanksgiving weekend.
As soon as practical, I will forward this to IVPress Online.
Great! You can post it online--just copy and paste. Thanks. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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