1. Man caught putting vodka down pants arrested on shoplifting charges

Police arrested three people Monday evening after one of them allegedly stole from a Walmart Supercenter.

At 7:21 p.m. officers were dispatched to the Walmart at 415 Conley Road in response to a larceny report, Columbia Police Department spokeswoman Latisha Stroer said.

Loss prevention officers observed Ronald Mixon, 48, select three bottles of vodka and put them down his pants. He then left the store without paying for the items and drove away in a car belonging to Marva Connor, 57.

The police went to Connor’s residence and arrested her for a felony warrant for an original charge of theft. Mixon was not present in the apartment, but Kelvin Joe, 46, was present and was also arrested for a misdemeanor warrant for a number of charges.

Mixon was eventually located in his own residence and arrested on charges of stealing, third offense. Since he had a prior trespass warning from Walmart, he was also charged with first-degree trespassing.

2. Five students in parking lot arrested on drug charges

Five MU students were arrested in a campus parking lot early Tuesday on drug charges, according to an MU police report.

They were in a dark grey passenger car in AV-14, and the officer saw the car pull off to the side, MU Police Department Capt. Brian Weimer said.

“It looked suspicious, so the officer checked it out and located the subject,” Weimer said.

Rachel Dixon-Moore, Nwakaja Gyasi, Keith Lovett, Eric Clark and Adam Mason, all 18, were arrested on suspicion of possession of less than 35 grams of marijuana just after midnight. Clark was also arrested on suspicion of possession of drug paraphernalia.

4. Waiter arrested on charges of selling to minors

A server at Tequila’s Mexican Restaurant at 3605 S. Providence Road was arrested Tuesday on charges of selling alcohol to minors.

A plain-clothes officer was performing a business check at 3:10 p.m. and witnessed minors ordering alcoholic beverages from Javier Espinosa, 27. Espinosa failed to verify that the customers were old enough to drink, according to a Columbia Police Department report. Espinosa was arrested on charges of selling alcohol to drunkards and minors.

5. Two arrested after fight about snoring

Two men were arrested on charges of disturbing the peace after getting into a fight about snoring.

Columbia Police Department officers were dispatched at 3:15 a.m. Thursday to the Super 8 motel at 3216 Clark Lane in response to a disturbance.

They contacted Michael Reed, 28, and Roger Ferris, 34, who were involved in the disturbance, according to Stroer.

The two men had been arguing over Reed’s snoring too loudly. Reed had been drinking, according to a police report. Both Reed and Ferris were arrested on charges of disturbing the peace.