Police say driver of Viper
lost control of vehicle
A man lost control of a 1999
Dodge Viper early Monday morning,
hit two parked cars, rolled the Viper
and fled the scene, police said.
Gregory Sanford, 31, turned him
self into police Monday, officer
Katherine Finnell said. Sanford told
police he suffered cuts and bruises in
the accident. He was cited for reckless
driving and leaving the scene of an
accident.
The accident caused an estimated
$80,000 damage to the Viper, which
still had license plates from the
Woodhouse Ford/Chrysler dealership
in Blair and caught fire after the crash.
Sanford lost control while head
ing south on Bel Ridge Drive near
North 17th Street, Finnell said.
The car struck a 1994 Ford Probe
parked on Bel Ridge Drive, pushing
uic riuuc over a euro ana into a near
by lawn, Finnell said.
The hit caused the Viper to swing
sideways, then roll downhill, hitting a
1987 Nissan Sentra parked nearby,
Finnell said.
The wrecks caused $5,000 dam
age to the Probe and $100 damage to
the Sentra.
Bob Woodhouse, owner of
Woodhouse Ford/Chrysler, said the
$80,000 estimated damage to the
Viper was probably an inaccurate fig
ure.
“It’s hard to get that kind of dam
age even with an expensive car with
expensive damage,” Woodhouse said.
Police say man stole
$3,000 from restaurant
A man shook a restaurant’s cash
register until the cash drawer broke
loose Sunday, then left the restaurant
with an estimated $3,000 in cash,
Finnell said.
Finnell said two women, who
could be involved in the theft, entered
the Village Inn at 500 Van Dom St.
and told the manager at the restau
rant’s front counter that water was
leaking in die women’s restroom.
The manager left die counter, and
then a man came into the restaurant
and shook the cash register’s drawer
loose, Finnell said.
The man then left in a red Ford
Escort. The owner of the car later
called police, reporting that the car
was stolen but that she’d recovered it,
Finnell said.
The Escort’s owner told police
she’d left the car running in the park
ing of lot of Mum’s Liquor, 841 N.
27th St., where it was stolen, Finnell
said.
The car’s owner then told police
she found the car at 23rd and Potter
streets with the keys still in it and
drove the car to 17th and Washington
streets, where she reported the theft,
police said.
Man jailed on suspicion
of assault, attempted escape
A man taken to a hospital after
driving his car into a ditch Saturday
was arrested after he punched a secu
rity guard and a sheriff’s deputy in the
hospital’s emergency room, Chief
Deputy Bill Jarrett said.
Corey Thorell, 36, drove his car
into a ditch near the intersection of
98* Street and Pioneers Boulevard at
about 11:14 p.m., suffering neck
injuries in the crash, Jarrett said.
Thorell showed signs of being
drunk when deputies arrived at the
scene of the accident, Jarrett said.
Thorell told deputies he had
swerved to avoid a deer and ran into a
ditch, Jarrett said.
Paramedics took the man to
BryanLGH East where, during an
interview with police, Thorell tore a
neck brace off and threw it across the
emergency room, then tried to leave
the room, Jarrett said.
A deputy trying to bar Thorell’s
exit was thrown into the door, suffer
ing a head injury, Jarrett said.
Emergency room personnel and
security guards then arrived and tried
to stop Thorell, who allegedly
punched a security guard three times
in the head before leaving the room,
Jarrett said.
The security guard suffered a
bloody nose and a large contusion to
his forehead, Jarrett said
Another deputy encountered
Thorell as he was leaving the hospital,
Jarrett said. He said the deputy
knocked Thorell to the ground and,
with the help of two other deputies
and several emergency room staffers,
handcuffed and arrested him.
Deputies jailed Thorell on suspi
cion of assault on an officer, attempt
ed escape, third-degree assault, dri
ving while intoxicated, driving with
out a license and driving without
insurance.
Four UNL students receive
alcohol-related citations
University police cited five peo
ple with minor in possession of alco
hol last weekend, four of whom were
students, Sgt Mylo Bushing said.
On Friday, two were cited in the
Delta Upsilon Fraternity, while anoth
er non-student was cited while carry
ing a case of beer near Abel
Residence Hall, Bushing said.
Two more students were cited
after a university police officer found
them drinking in Memorial Stadium
during Saturday’s game, Bushing
said.
University police also took an
Omaha woman to Comhusker Place
Detox during the game after officers
found her visibly drunk, Bushing
said. Her blood alcohol content was
later tested at. 131, Bushing said.
University police also responded
to reports of criminal mischief
Saturday, Bushing said.
Two Omaha men trying to break
into the Schulte Field House at about
12:04 a.m. Sunday fled from an
Athletic Department employee but
were later arrested by university
police at 1:30 a.m., Bushing said.
A community service officer in
Selleck Residence Hall at about 1:45
a.m. found a trail of blood leading
away from a broken fire extinguisher
cabinet, Bushing said.
The officer followed the trail but
was unable to find the person respon
sible. Hospitals were notified to look
for people with bleeding hand
injuries, Bushing said.
Compiled by senior staff writer
Jake Bleed
Involvement group
focuses on freshmen
By Veronica Daehn
Staff writer
New students lookingTor a way to
get involved on campus' should stop
by the back dining room in Selleck
Quadrangle at 7 p.m. on Tuesdays.
That is where members of the
Student Impact Team meet.
The Student Impact Team is a
group made up mostly of University
of Nebraska-Lincoln freshmen and is
designed to get new students involved
on campus.
“It’s a good way to get your foot in
the door and get started in ASUN,”
said Katie Kalinowski, SIT vice chair
woman.
SIT is a branch of the Association
of Students of the University of
Nebraska.
Although the organization is
geared toward freshmen, SIT chair
woman Kate Toalson said, any UNL
student is welcome.
Applications are available in the
ASUN office, 115 Nebraska Union,
but don’t need to be filled out before
coming to a meeting.
Kalinowski said there are about 75
students on SIT this year.
None of those 75 are returning
members from last year, though,
Toalson said, which is typical of the
Student Impact Team.
“It’s a great way for freshmen to
meet new people and see leaders on
campus,” Toalson said.
SIT members are divided into
three committees, and each commit
tee has its own action plan for the year.
Members of the service learning
committee are working with an ASUN
senator to make care baskets for
Daywatch, a homeless shelter at 1911
R. St.
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It’s a good way to
get your foot in the
door and get started
in ASUN.”
Katie Kalinowski
SIT vice chairwoman
sary items, such as shampoo from
local companies, Kalinowski said.
The social committee just finished
planning a Halloween dance for SIT
members and any other students inter
ested in joining the organization.
Kalinowski said it will be held
Oct. 26 at the 7 p.m. meeting.
The campus issues committee
deals largely with issues that affect
new students.
bo tar this year the committee has
helped ASUN members with a voter
registration drive and also helped dis
tribute fliers for the New Student
Forum that ASUN held last week.
They are now looking into making
a time capsule, Toalson said.
Kalinowski said SIT provides new
students with an opportunity that
other organizations don’t.
“They’re in charge of their com
mittee,” she said. “In most other oiga
nizations, new students can’t hold an
office.”
Kalinowski and Toalson serve
only as guides for the Student Impact
Team members.
“The important thing is that the
committees are always doing some
thing,” Toalson said. “We gave them a
focus for their first major project and
now if they get stuck, we’ll help
them”
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