YCSD Archive: Drum/Roberts incident report

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INCIDENT / ARREST REPORT

Yoknapatawpha County Sheriff's Department
711 Jackson Avenue
Oxford, MS 38655

_X_ INCIDENT
     ___ Juvenile
     ___ Senior
           Citizen
     ___ Gang

___ ARREST
     ___ Child
           Abuse
     ___ Domestic
     ___ Involved
           Alcohol

CASE NUMBER: 004089-20J-2007			Date Reported: 12-20-2007	Time Reported: 4:15 PM
OFFENSE: TBD			STATUTE:	___ Committed ___ Attempted
OFFENSE:			STATUTE:	___ Committed ___ Attempted
OFFENSE:			STATUTE:	___ Committed ___ Attempted
Location of Offense (Exact address, include Room/ Apt. No.) 916 Jackson Avenue East Oxford, Mississippi			Date of Offense: TBD	Time of Offense: TBD
Location of Arrest (Exact address, include Room/Apt. No.) N/A			Date of Arrest: N/A	Time of Arrest: N/A
Reporting Officer: Officer Maria Richards	Unit Number: 221	Assisting Officer: N/A		Unit Number: N/A

PERSON 1
Type: Complainant			Category: Adult		Foul Play Suspected TBD
Name: Monica Drum			Alias/Street Name/ Nickname none		Vic/Offender Relationship unknown
Race White	Height 5' 6"		Weight 125 lbs.	Hair Brown		Eyes Brown	Sex F
Hat N/A	Jacket/Coat Black		Shirt Maroon	Pants Gray		Skirt/Dress N/A
Age 35	DOB 1/1/1972		Soc. Security # XXX-XX-XXXX	Scars/Marks/Tattoos none visible
Injury Extent None			Injury Description N/A
Address 660 North 6th Street, Oxford, MS				Res Phone 463-XXXX Bus Phone 234-XXXX
Occupation City reporter		Employer/School Oxford Eagle		Employer Address 916 Jackson Avenue East, Oxford, MS

PERSON 2
Type: Defendant			Category: Adult		Foul Play Suspected TBD
Name: Melvin Roberts			Alias/Street Name/ Nickname none		Vic/Offender Relationship unknown
Race White	Height 5' 9"		Weight 210 lbs.	Hair Brown		Eyes Brown	Sex F
Hat N/A	Jacket/Coat Green		Shirt Blue	Pants Blue		Skirt/Dress N/A
Age 61	DOB 5/27/1946		Soc. Security # XXX-XX-XXXX	Scars/Marks/Tattoos none visible
Injury Extent N/A			Injury Description multiple gunshot wounds
Address 2131 Anchorage Road, Oxford, MS				Res Phone 662-281-XXXX Bus Phone 662-232-XXXX
Occupation Owner		Employer/School Melvin's Nite Owl		Employer Address Highway 30 & N. Lamar Blvd, Oxford MS

REPORTING OFFICER'S NARRATIVE (Brief narrative of the facts surrounding the offense and the arrest.)

Monica Drum (Person 1) called the sheriff's department non-emergency phone number and indicated she would like to file a harassment complaint. dispatch assigned on-duty patrol unit 221 (Ofc. Maria Richards) to take the report.

R/O arrived at the Oxford Eagle offices at 4:15 p.m. and met with Monica Drum. The complainant said she'd received a number of calls of a threatening nature from Melvin Roberts (Person 2). She said Roberts was "out to get her," and she was beginning to worry about her safety. The complainant said she had reported extensively on Roberts' recent arrest and trial for rape in her capacity as a reporter for the Oxford Eagle. She said Roberts apparently has significant resentment towards her, despite his recent acquittal.

The complainant said is often in the Oxford Eagle building alone, and said she was beginning to feel uncomfortable. She estimated Roberts had called her four or five times in the last month, usually between 9:00 and 11:00 p.m. R/O suggested that the complainant could file for a restraining order, but she said she wasn't sure she wanted to go that far yet.

R/O advised the complainant to notify the YCSD if the harassment continued or escalated.

DEFENDANT'S VERSION/REMARKS (What did the defendant say?)

R/O visited Melvin Roberts (Person 2) at the Melvin's Nite Owl convenience store. Roberts was hostile in response to questioning regarding Monica Drum, although he did not threaten violence. Roberts denied making any calls to Drum and challenged Drum to prove it.

R/O advised Roberts it would be possible to trace calls made to Drum, if necessary, whereupon he became extremely agitated and stated, "She can't prove anything! She can't prove a goddamn thing!"

R/O advised Roberts that if he wanted to be left alone, he had to stay out of trouble. R/O further cautioned Roberts that such behavior could jeopardize his participation in the diversion program for his public intoxication offenses. Roberts acknowledged that he understood.

REPORTING OFFICER	Maria Richards	DATE REPORTED	12-20-2007
REPORTING OFFICER	//Maria Richards Signature	221 Unit Number	12-20-2007 Date
SUPERVISING OFFICER	/Steven Spearman Signature	446 Unit Number	12-20-2007 Date