A man was arrested on campus Saturday afternoon because he had been “drinking alcohol, smoking marijuana, eating mushrooms and taking acid.”
Lipscomb’s Director of Security Brad Wyatt said the man, Jacob David Steele–who is not a Lipscomb student–drove his vehicle on to campus property and parked in a university parking garage. The man was charged with public intoxication, Wyatt said.
“There was a Sodexo employee who observed this guy, and he let us know,” Wyatt said.
According to an incident report from the Metropolitan Police Department, Lipscomb Security and Safety requested that Metro police send an officer. When police arrived, Steele was in handcuffs and leg restraints and “was slurring his words and was incoherent at times.” Steele told officers that he had been using the illegal substances previously mentioned. The report said Steele was “a danger to himself and others” and was taken into custody “without incident.”
Wyatt said Lipscomb’s general policy is to call Metro police if an arrest needs to be made.
“We can detain somebody,” he said, “but if somebody needs to be arrested, we’re going to call Metro.”