Student arrested for unauthorized entry of dorm, simple battery
Sam Cosgrove Bolles, 18, entered a woman’s Acadian Hall dorm room around 4 a.m. Sept. 5 and touched the victim on her back and shoulders, LSUPD Spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde said.
The woman told LSUPD she pushed the intruder out of her dorm, and he left.
She and her roommate later identified Bolles from a photo line-up.
Police arrested Bolles, who they suspect was drunk at the time, Sept. 9 on charges of unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling and simple battery and booked him into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.
Resident arrested for terrorizing in Broussard Hall
Demire Johnson, 18, was arrested after LSUPD officers identified him as the individual in a video of a large flame in one of the Broussard Hall rooms posted to social media, Lalonde said.
LSUPD responded to a fire alarm around 10:14 p.m. Sept. 9, and after speaking to Residential Life staff, determined the source of the alarm came from a specific room.
Upon speaking to Johnson, police say he admitted to “lighting a small amount of rubbing alcohol in a metal bowl.” Johnson allegedly tried to extinguish the flame after adding more rubbing alcohol.
Johnson was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on the felony charge of terrorizing.
Police arrest man for criminal damage at DKE party
Police arrested Maxwell Davis, 19, during a party at the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity house around 1:44 a.m. Sept. 12.
Witnesses told police Davis hit a light in the backyard, and representatives of the house wanted to press charges, Lalonde said.
Davis was arrested and issued a misdemeanor summons for simple criminal damage and asked to leave the property.
Student arrested for simple assault, battery in Cypress Hall
Three victims reported simple assault and battery to LSUPD after a verbal fight over a picture posted to social media escalated, Lalonde said.
Police responded to the reports at Cypress Hall on Sept. 11. The victims told police John J. Middlebrooks, 18, became upset and pushed one victim and verbally attacked the other two.
The victims were afraid they would also be struck or pushed, LSUPD said.
LSUPD located Middlebrooks on Sept. 12 and booked him into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on one count of simple battery and two counts of simple assault.
Police arrest 57-year-old for possession of burglary tools
While patrolling the area near Highland Road and Raphael Semmes Road, police observed a suspicious person pushing two bikes up Highland around 9:30 p.m. Sept. 13, Lalonde said.
The man, Willie Elmo Starks, 57, told police one bicycle was his and he found the second at a dumping area off campus.
Police were unable to determine whether the bikes were stolen property but found “bolt cutters and other tools” on Starks, Lalonde said.
He was charged with possession of burglary tools and issued a misdemeanor summons.
Hit and run results in arrest
A hit and run in the Phi Mu overflow parking lot resulted in an arrest after the victim identified the suspect and his vehicle, police said.
The victim observed the suspect, who she later identified as Cade Joseph Callaway, 18, hit her car, get out and observe the damage and then drive away.
Police located Callaway based on the victim’s description of his car, and Lalonde said Callaway admitted to striking the vehicle.
He was arrested and issued a misdemeanor summons.