Woman robbed at knifepoint near Design Building

A man approached a woman with a knife and demanded for the woman’s wallet at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, said LSU Police Department Spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde.

The victim fought off the man, received only minor injuries and called LSUPD. She said the man was white, in his early 20s, 6-feet tall and had a slim build, Lalonde said.

The man was last seen driving on North Stadium Drive in a dark-colored truck.

Woman arrested after police smelled marijuana at crash scene

While at a traffic crash on Highland Road and Nicholson Extension, police smelled marijuana when a car pulled up to the area of the accident to pick up one of the people involved in the crash, Lalonde said.

Yolanda Ellis, 45, of 9879 Avenue D, Baton Rouge, was arrested for simple possession of 3.6 grams of marijuana, given a misdemeanor summons and released.

Student arrested for marijuana possession

Brant Joseph DeArmond, University 22-year-old student, was arrested at a traffic stop after police found a plastic bag with two grams of marijuana, Lalonde said.

LSUPD issued him a misdemeanor summons and a traffic citation and released him.