Three Hopkins students arrested
After refusing to pay for taxi ride, one assaults police officer
Three Hopkins students were arrested for theft of services after not paying for a taxi ride, and one could face additional charges of assaulting a police officer.
Detective Donny Moses of the Baltimore Police Public Affairs Department confirmed that the students involved were sophomore Christina Friedman, freshman Phillips Mitchell and sophomore Alex Grabowski.
Grabowski and Friedman both declined to comment. Mitchell could not be reached before press time.
On Jan. 24, the students allegedly left a taxi without paying their fare. According to Moses, a member of Hopkins security was speaking with the cab driver involved when the arresting Baltimore police officer arrived at the scene.
The cab driver identified one of the girls as she was emerging from an apartment building on the 3000 block of St. Paul Street.
"The officer went to place her under arrest, at which point she hit him in the head with the heel of her shoe," Moses said.
He added that officers reported the student was "very intoxicated."
According to a student familiar with the situation, Friedman was the one who hit the officer with her shoe.
"Hiding under the stairs in the apartment building were the other two girls . . . trying to avoid the police," Moses said.
All three students were eventually arrested. Moses could not confirm how long the girls were detained and Baltimore Central Booking was unavailable for comment before press time.
Hopkins' Director of Community Affairs Salem Reiner had heard about the incident but also did not know whether charges were being pressed at the moment.
According to the student, Hopkins has since moved Friedman out of her residence in McCoy Hall and into the Homewood Apartments.
Hopkins spokesman Dennis O'Shea said he had not heard anything about the incident beyond the original security report.
The University has not released information on any disciplinary action against the students involved, but according to the anonymous student there are no plans to suspend those involved.
Executive Director of Hopkins Security Edmund Skrodzki could not be reached for comment before press time.
The cost of the taxi ride is unknown.
Detective Donny Moses of the Baltimore Police Public Affairs Department confirmed that the students involved were sophomore Christina Friedman, freshman Phillips Mitchell and sophomore Alex Grabowski.
Grabowski and Friedman both declined to comment. Mitchell could not be reached before press time.
On Jan. 24, the students allegedly left a taxi without paying their fare. According to Moses, a member of Hopkins security was speaking with the cab driver involved when the arresting Baltimore police officer arrived at the scene.
The cab driver identified one of the girls as she was emerging from an apartment building on the 3000 block of St. Paul Street.
"The officer went to place her under arrest, at which point she hit him in the head with the heel of her shoe," Moses said.
He added that officers reported the student was "very intoxicated."
According to a student familiar with the situation, Friedman was the one who hit the officer with her shoe.
"Hiding under the stairs in the apartment building were the other two girls . . . trying to avoid the police," Moses said.
All three students were eventually arrested. Moses could not confirm how long the girls were detained and Baltimore Central Booking was unavailable for comment before press time.
Hopkins' Director of Community Affairs Salem Reiner had heard about the incident but also did not know whether charges were being pressed at the moment.
According to the student, Hopkins has since moved Friedman out of her residence in McCoy Hall and into the Homewood Apartments.
Hopkins spokesman Dennis O'Shea said he had not heard anything about the incident beyond the original security report.
The University has not released information on any disciplinary action against the students involved, but according to the anonymous student there are no plans to suspend those involved.
Executive Director of Hopkins Security Edmund Skrodzki could not be reached for comment before press time.
The cost of the taxi ride is unknown.
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Marta P. Salazar
posted 2/05/10 @ 11:52 AM EST
There was no students around and nobody was hit with a shoe. What about the police telling the girls "How much he hated his job because them college "B's"? Search before you write please. (Continued…)
Harrison Fjord
posted 2/06/10 @ 10:22 PM EST
Too bad you kiddies weren't around 10 years ago when there was a Royal Farms store where the Barnes and Noble is now. Many was the time I saw drunken Hopkins students, fresh from a party at the now-demolished "Wawa" fraternity across the street, stealing food from the store and urinating on the side of the building, then jumping onto cars stopped at the traffic light. (Continued…)
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