Injury accident, theft highlight campus crime
MARK SMITH
Senior Writer
seniorwriter@occc.edu
ETHAN HENDRICKS
Staff Writer
staffwriter3@occc.edu
An OCCC student injured her head in a traffic accident on campus Oct. 27.
Student Stephanie Ihbe told Safety and Security Officer Tim Densmore her head was hurting from hitting it on the window during the crash.
Densmore called EMSA and Ihbe was taken to the hospital by ambulance.
The two drivers involved gave Densmore conflicting reports of what happened.
Student Gaurav Pradhanl said he was pulling out of Parking Lot A and crossing into the inbound lane of J. L. Keels Boulevard when a green 2002 Sentra turned into Parking Lot A and struck his black 2001 Camry.
However, Ihbe, the driver of the Sentra, told Densmore the other driver struck her vehicle when she tried to pull into parking lot A.
In another incident the next day, Gustavo Guzman reported his Chevy truck had been broken into.
Guzman told Safety and Security Officer Tanya Vroenen he noticed someone had broken into the driver’s side of his truck and stolen a CD player and five CDs worth about $170.
Guzman said he noticed the theft as he was preparing to leave college.
Vroenen checked the driver’s side door and found evidence of forced entry under the door handle.
There are no suspects and no arrests have been made at this time.
On Oct. 26, a student at the library reported her cell phone was missing.
Allison Phisaiwath told Safety and Security Officer Jacob Roby she left her Blackberry Pearl cell phone in her backpack unattended and went to the second floor in the library.
She told him that when she returned, her cell phone was missing.
Safety and Security Officer Kevin Tipton and Roby reviewed security camera video footage.
Phisaiwath and her backpack were in clear view of the camera during the entire time she was at the library.
Video footage didn’t show anyone tampering with her bags, according to the report.
On Oct. 30, Jason Kimball, lead library circulation assistant, reported suspected misuse of library computers.
Kimball told Safety and Security Officer Fredrick Evans a man was viewing pornographic material.
The person identified himself as Steven Francis, a visitor to campus.
Evans reported asking Francis what he had been viewing on the computer.
Francis admitted to Evans he had been watching pornography.
Evans issued Francis a Notice to Leave Campus and escorted him to his vehicle without incident.
On another matter that same day, Evans received report of a missing cell phone near the OCCC Coffee Shop.
Andrez Blanco told Evans he had left his 8900 Blackberry on a table in the coffee shop for three minutes. When he returned it was gone.
Blanco told Evans he tried calling his number, but no one answered.
He told Evans he would file a police report with the Oklahoma City Police Department for insurance purposes.
If anyone has any information regarding these or any other crimes, contact campus Safety and Security at 405-682-1611, ext. 7691.
