POLICE

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1. POLICE ARREST SUSPECT OFFERING TO PAY VICTIM FOR SEX

� e Columbia Police Depart-ment arrested Earl Stapleton at about 4:30 p.m. Sunday when he approached a 17-year-old female at the 1700 block of Providence Road, CPD spokeswoman Latisha Stroer said.

� e victim telephoned police to report harassment and told of-� cers he o� ered her $100 to have sex with him.

2. ARGUMENT BETWEEN ROMANTIC PARTNERS LEADS TO ASSAULT

Police were called to a distur-bance at the 600 block of North Garth Avenue at about 2:49 a.m.

Sunday. C. L. Clewies, 59, and his partner were reported to have gotten in a heated argument when she told him she no longer wanted to see him and asked him to leave.

� e victim reported that Clew-ies le� the residence and that she proceeded to lock the door as he le� . Later Clewies returned and forced open the door. � e door frame was damaged in the process. Once in the home, Clewies hit the victim multiple times in the face, both slapping and punching her.

Clewies also used his sandal to strike her over her body. He then shoved her onto a bed and choked her by wrapping one hand around her throat and his other hand over her nose and mouth. He made verbal threats to the victim, in-cluding threats to her life. When

o� cers arrived to the scene, the victim had a number of visible injuries. Police also found a small amount of powder cocaine during their search.

Clewies was arrested for domes-tic assault in the second degree, � rst-degree burglary and posses-sion of a controlled substance.

3. POLICE MAKE ARREST IN VIOLENT RELATIONSHIP

Michael McClain, 32, was ar-rested Sunday at about 10:44 a.m. a� er o� cers were called to the 700 block of Fairview Avenue regard-ing a reported assault.

� e victim told friends she had been assaulted in her residence at 713 N. Sixth St. � e victim told police that she and her boyfriend,

McClain, have been together for four years, and a lot of violence had transpired. � e victim re-ported that McClain came to her residence around 3 or 4 a.m. and looked through her phone. She had made a phone call to one man, which upset McClain. � e victim said that she was intoxi-cated at the time and felt that the argument calmed down, but esca-lated once more around 8:30 a.m.

� e victim reported that the argument was both verbal and physical. She told police McClain grabbed, punched and kicked her in the chest approximately 15 times. She said McClain got a belt and hit her with it at least � ve times in the legs, shoulders and back of the head. � e victim said she tried to run out multiple

times, but McClain continued to grab her and hold her there. She said McClain broke her cell phone, and she was � nally able to escape to a nearby residence and call police.

When they arrived, they con-� rmed her injuries, and McClain was arrested for two counts of second-degree domestic assault, felonious restraint, property dam-age and tampering with a victim.

4 CAMPUS AUGUST 23, 2011 — THE MANEATER

The following investigations are in progress, and the following people were arrested or issued summons, according to police reports.

If you have information on these crimes, you may contact Crime Stoppers at 875-TIPS. All calls are confi dential. If a court authority later proves inno-cence of a charge stated in the Blotter, contact The Maneater to request an updated entry.

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