Alex Columbus

Alex Columbus is a character portrayed by Goober. He has served as Chief of the LSPD, Deputy Sheriff of Los Santos County and most recently, Warden of Bolingbroke Penitentiary in Diamond City

### Relatives

William Ferrell, John MacDonald, Vladimir Lebedev

### Former Occupation(s)

Chief of the LSPD, County, Liberty City Sluggers

## Biographical information

### Place of birth

Pillbox Hospital, Los Santos, San Andreas

## Early Life

Alex was born on June 27th 1993 to Elisa Newsome and Samson Columbus of Blaine county. As a young childhe attended Paleto elementary school and played little league baseball for the Paleto Majors. From a young age he was highly athletic, competing in football, baseball and track and field in high-school, earning him a scholarship to San Andreas State as a second baseman.

While at San Andreas State he majored in Criminal Psychology with a minor in Anthropology. Alex graduated with honors in 2013 and went on to play minor league baseball for the Liberty City Sluggers for a few years before pursuing a career in law enforcement.

## Career in Law Enforcement

### LSPD

Alex came to the LSPD in August of 2020, at the time, the department was in tatters after the exit of the disgraced former Chief Alyen Mouring. At the time the department was being managed by current State Trooper Commissioner Nick Merks.

Alex joined the department at the rank of Captain, the highest ranking member of the force. He started a complete teardown and rebuild of the department by firing all of the problematic officers and starting with a fresh roster. A tough leader, Alex expected his officers to respect his leadership with an iron fist approach.

After rebuilding the roster of the LSPD through aggressive hiring, Alex was promoted to Chief and given full command of the LSPD in late September of 2020, taking command from the aforementioned Commissioner and assuming full control of day to day operations along side his Assistant Chief Brian Smith. Under Alex's command the LSPD was able to start divisions such as the GIU and SWAT.

In late November 2020, Alex relinquished command of his brainchild, the LSPD, to his assistant chief, taking a hiatus from his career and moving to the Bahamas for a couple of months to decompress and rejuvenate himself.

### Los Santos County Sheriff's Department

After his short hiatus, Alex returned to Los Santos to take up a job offer as the Sheriff of Los Santos County so that he could work closer to home.

## Personal Life

Alex currently resides in Los Santos, he is single and has no children. On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays he enjoys coaching his former baseball team, the Paleto Majors.

Alex enjoys hiking in the wilderness surrounding the city, especially Mt. Chiliad. He currently holds the state record for the fastest time to summit the mountain. He is also an avid off-roader and a member of the Four Wheel Drive Association of San Andreas, the NRA and Alcoholics Anonymous

## Trivia

With the Liberty City Sluggers, Alex had a .097 batting average through 310 at bats with 260 strike outs.

Alex has no brothers or sisters

Alex's favorite activity is beating unruly inmates

Alex once drank so much tequila that he pissed a .45 on a breathalyzer (unconfirmed)

Alex lost an arm wrestle at the yellow jack to a man with no arms

Alex is a proud member of Alcoholics Anonymous