SATURDAY, Aug. 19, 10:30 p.m. — Officers responded to a report of a suspicious person near Palisades Hall of Hillside Community, said Investigator Patrick Reilly of Binghamton’s New York State University Police. A resident of Palisades Hall told police that a person was shining a light into windows. Officers checked the perimeter of the building and a wooded area outside of the community, but didn’t find anyone. The reporting individual refused to give officers any more information and declined to be interviewed further.
SUNDAY, Aug. 20, 11:15 a.m. — While on patrol, officers were flagged down by a 52-year-old male in Parking Lot M1. The male stated he had been involved in a minor vehicle accident, Reilly said. He said another vehicle was driving through the parking lot and saw it backing out of a parking space. The driver of the other vehicle, a 20-year-old male, then approached the first male and asked if he was leaving. The first driver stated that he told the other driver that he was leaving and began to back out of the space. As he started backing out, the driver of the other vehicle also began backing up and hit the first driver’s vehicle. There was damage on the back door and rear quarter panel of the first vehicle. Neither driver was injured. Officers instructed both drivers to exchange insurance and contact information.
MONDAY, Aug. 21, 12:21 a.m. — Officers were patrolling outside of Seneca Hall of College-in-the-Woods when they observed two individuals sitting on a rock with two grinders next to them, Reilly said. The individuals, a 17-year-old female and a 17-year-old male, were both identified as students. Officers asked them how much marijuana they had, and the female stated that they had one bag of marijuana next to them on the rock. The male said he had roughly seven grams of marijuana in his dorm room. Officers escorted the male to Mountainview College and confiscated his marijuana. Both individuals were issued tickets to the Town of Vestal Court for the unlawful possession of marijuana.
MONDAY Aug. 21, 8 a.m. — While patrolling Connector Road, an officer realized that a police barricade, set up to help control move-in-day traffic, was missing a “Do not enter” sign, Reilly said. The sign, which had been left on the barricade overnight, appeared to have been stolen at some point between 7 p.m. on Aug. 20 and 8 a.m. on Aug. 21. Officers checked the area surrounding the barricade, but the sign was not located. The case is still under investigation and anybody with any information about the missing sign should contact UPD.