Man arrested for burglary of student laptop in Woodin Hall
LSUPD Spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde said officers stopped Coleman at 5:30 p.m. as a suspicious person and discovered the laptop in his possession. When officers received Coleman’s consent to search the laptop, they found several LSU school projects and identified the computer’s owner.
Lalonde said officers contacted the student who said his computer had been stolen from an office in Woodin Hall, and the officers placed Coleman under arrest.
He was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.
Man driving drunk on Nicholson Drive booked for DWI
Jerome Littles, 54, of 77075 Garner Lane in Grosse Tete, was arrested Thursday after speeding and improperly changing lanes on Nicholson Drive, Lalonde said. After stopping the vehicle, officers observed several signs of intoxication; they conducted a field sobriety test and placed Littles under arrest.
When transported to the LSU Police Station, Littles submitted a breath sample and was found to have a blood alcohol content of .139, Lalonde said.
Littles was then booked into EBR Parish Prison and charged with first-offense DWI, speeding, improper lane usage and open container.
Suspect arrested for outstanding warrant, drugs, concealed weapon
At 9:00 p.m. on June 8, officers approached two suspicious subjects outside the fence of the Edward Gay Apartments, Lalonde said.
One subject began to walk away, and after being identified, the second subject advised the officers that the other man had offered to sell him drugs. Officers identified the man as Richard Anthony Ellis, 32, of 639 S. 15th St. in Baton Rouge, and saw that he had an outstanding fugitive warrant for theft from the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office, Lalonde said.
After placing Ellis under arrest, officers searched him and found a small amount of what they believed was crack cocaine and a concealed kitchen knife.
Ellis was transported to EBR Parish Prison and charged with illegal carrying of a concealed weapon by a felon and possession of a schedule two narcotic.
