Man arrested for intent to distribute
Erick A. Duarte, 22, of 37030 N. Millstone Drive, Geismar, La., was arrested May 25 for possession of a substance believed to be marijuana and intent to distribute, according to Cory Lalonde, LSU Police Department spokesman.
Lalonde said LSUPD officers investigated a vehicle in the west parking lot of Alex Box Stadium and made contact with the driver, Duarte, who seemed nervous. Detectives found a small amount of what they believed to be marijuana in his ashtray. They then found multiple individually wrapped bags of the same substance and what was believed to be a digital scale in the vehicle.
Lalonde said Duarte was booked into East Baton Rogue Parish Prison.
Man arrested for possession
Jason Elkins, 39, of 11920 Oakshire Ave., was arrested May 25 for possession of a schedule 4 controlled substance and disturbing the peace by intoxication. Lalonde said LSUPD responded to a call of a suspicious person in the lobby of Lod Cook Alumni Center. The complainant said a man was sleeping in the lobby area, and when officers approached him, he appeared intoxicated and incoherent.
Lalonde said officers found six Xanax pills Elkins didn’t have a prescription for. He was arrested and booked into East Baton Rogue Parish Prison.
Man arrested for intent to distrbute
Austin J. Ourso, 17, of 15282 Ryan Ave., Prairieville, La., was arrested May 28 for possession and intent to distribute marijuana and a schedule 4 controlled substance, as well as possession of a schedule 2 controlled substance.
Lalonde said LSUPD officers found Ourso asleep in a running vehicle in a parking lot off of Nicholson Extension. The officers found several small bags of marijuana in the vehicle with 65 Klonopin tablets and five Vyvanse.
Ourso was arrested and booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.
Two men arrested for battery
Brett Coffman, 26, of 801 Forest Drive, Simpson, La., and Brannin Hagan, 26, of 766 Forest Drive, were arrested for second degree battery on May 28.
Lalonde said LSUPD officers responded to a report of battery in a South Stadium parking lot. The officers found the victim with moderate facial injuries. The victim said two men punched out the window of his vehicle and punched him in the face several times.
After the victim and his passengers gave descriptions of the subjects, the officers found Coffman and Hagan nearby. Lalonde said Coffman was also charged with criminal damage to property and both were booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.
 
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