What is going on up the street at SDSU with the Student Association President. Holy buckets!
If you recall, the South Dakota State University Association President Nicholas Grote was arrested for underage possession a week or so as well as a fake ID which made a splash in the news.
Grote was arrested at 1:38 a.m. early Sunday morning on charges of possession of a fictitious license and underage purchase or possession of alcoholic beverages, according to an email from Brookings Police Department Detective Adam Smith sent to The Collegian. The arrest took place on the 300 block of 3rd Street at the 24-hour parking lot.
Detective Smith told The Collegian Grote smelled of alcohol and had bloodshot eyes.
and..
Grote said he does not think law enforcement had a good reason to stop him, and said that there is not enough evidence for his charges.
Since then, it came out that he had been cited for underage consumption prior to his recent arrest…
On March 16, 2023, just 21 days before he would be arrested for underage possession and having a fake ID, Grote was cited for underage consumption, with a BAC of .138%, as well as use of tobacco by a person under the age of 21 (In December 2019 a change in federal policy raised the age to buy and use tobacco to 21).
I had been told he was signed up for the diversion program which would have wiped the offense from his record.. but obviously, he didn’t take the lesson with his arrest three weeks later.
But now, in an even bigger bombshell, according to SDSU Student Newspaper the Collegian, the Brookings Police as well as the University Police are investigating SA President Grote after a new vandalism incident this past Sunday, and the Student Senate is preparing to possibly remove him from office:
The Collegian confirmed Tuesday with UPD Chief Timothy Heaton, SDSU’s Vice President of Technology and Security David Overby and the State’s Attorney’s office that Grote is a target in the investigation. The Brookings Police Department also confirmed the incident involved Grote.
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Grote hasn’t been charged for the incident, but may be in the coming days, according to the State’s Attorney’s office. The office said they are investigating the incident and may recommend charges. If he is charged and a judge signs off on it and sets bond, the State’s Attorney’s Office will file an arrest warrant through the Clerk of Courts, which will then be sent to the Sheriff’s office.
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His first court appearance for the March 26 charge is scheduled for Monday, and later that day the Senate will decide whether to remove Grote regarding his April 16 arrest.
Good gosh. I’m not sure why we’re talking removal at this point. This is a public dumpster fire.
He should be resigning, and exploring what assistance he can reach out for to others to salvage his college career. Because from the string of incidents in rapid succession, it would not seem that he’s going down a good path.
If he can’t see that himself, then I’m sure the Student Senate will help him on his journey next Monday.
Great work by the student reporters at The Collegian.
I would agree. They’ve been on this.
I know, right?
Where were they when a strange unverifiable pandemic ushered in mail-in voting, which then … resulted in … something that shall no longer be mentioned on Fox News.
I remember when I was at SDSU, the same thing happened with our SA president. He got busted for underage drinking and he left office. Can’t recall if he resigned or he was recalled, though. It WAS 30 years ago!
Breaking News…”under aged college student with fake ID and alcohol arrested”…
As the student president, it puts the students at a major disadvantage in negotiations. It’s hard to argue that margaritas and mixed drinks should be held to the same standard as beer and wine in the stadium on campus with these arrests on his record. And that may be a major topic soon before the legislature and board of regents.
That’s a pretty important point.
Alcohol is an addictive titrated poison that causes some people to do stupid things while others get ultra wealthy.
Trying to limit its use in this fashion is rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
I am harkened to the South Park episode, “[The South Shall Rise Again!]”. It’s a pretty good run-down of the issue, but requires the ability to think in Meta.
In many ways his behavior is typical of young men of college age. Nothing very unusual about it except that he is student body President and should have the brains to be more discreet. I’m surprised by the aggressiveness of the Brookings Police Department. Illegal tobacco possession??? Doesn’t seem to be an impeachable offense to me. But…I went to college in the 60’s.
I may or may not have had a fake ID that said my name was Tarzan Buffingtittle Rudland Walker III.
I could have showed many bouncers a library card and they would let me in to spend my $.
He’s just living corruptly in a corrupt system.
It takes a great deal of restraint, which can be learned through toil and practice over years, to steer clear of the designed pitfalls.
I wonder if, in High School, this young man flunked his legal course work .. oh wait, they aren’t really teaching that now. As I think about it, I don’t recall taking a “here are the laws you have to follow young man” class in High School.
Why is that?
What say you Teachers’ union?
If I was this guy (and I’m not, so he will have to make his own decision) .. scratch, claw, and hold on for as long as you can and use this as an opportunity to ferret-out the truth about alcohol and our corrupt system in general. See if you can find a dogged attorney who is an artist with discovery.
He could look into the legal precursors for surveillance, arrest and prosecution.
I did.
And it drove me to drink.
No proxy servers, as has always been the rule…
You are so close to an epiphany but just cannot look inward.
Perhaps a good old fashioned panty raid at Mathews Hall would charge the narrative on campus.
Sorry, gotta run to catch a flight …
This kind of thing disqualifies you from being President, so.
This was me ^
The form reset for some reason. :\
John Dale