UNIVERSITY STUDENT ARRESTED AFTER DAMAGING PROPERTY A University student was arrested for simple criminal damage to property and disturbing the peace by intoxication on March 26 at about 10:30 p.m. Witnesses approached Henry A. Butler, 23, of 3 Fernwood Street, Gretna, after they saw him throw chairs at windows in the activity room of Broussard Hall. After he cursed at them and appeared intoxicated, the witnesses notified LSUPD, Rogé said. When officers arrived, they found Butler in the room, surrounded by broken glass and wood pieces from chairs. Butler was booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. He caused about $2,000 worth of damage, Rogé said. UNIVERSITY STUDENT ARRESTED FOR DWIA University student was arrested for driving while intoxicated, being a minor in possession of alcohol and driving with an open container of alcohol at about 2 a.m. on March 28. An off-duty officer saw Brandon E. Luse, 20, of 215 Lake Village Drive, West Monroe, hit a car parked near the Delta Chi fraternity house and leave the scene. The officer called LSUPD, and Luse was stopped at the intersection of Highland Road and Nicholson Extension, said LSUPD spokesman Russell Rogé. When Luse got out of the car, officers noticed an open can of beer on the center console of the vehicle. After failing field sobriety tests, Luse was arrested for driving while intoxicated, Rogé said. Luse was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. The owner of the parked car, who knows Luse, did not press charges, Rogé said. UNIVERSITY STUDENT ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA A University student was arrested on March 23 at about 9:30 p.m. for possession of drug paraphernalia. Kevin J. Shudes, 19, of 3475 North Claiborne Street, Sulphur, was arrested after officers found several smoking pipes, a rolling machine, a grinder and finger scales in his room in McVoy Hall, Rogé said. Officers responded to a complaint about marijuana smoke coming from Shudes’ room, and Shudes told officers he smoked marijuana in the room earlier, Rogé said. During the search, officers also found several marijuana and mushroom horticulture books. They also found several empty plastic bags that appeared to have once contained marijuana and six jars of suspected mushroom growth. Shudes told officers he intended to use the mushrooms as hallucinogenics, but they hadn’t fully grown yet, Rogé said. Shudes signed a statement saying the objects belonged to him. Shudes’ roommate said he was not aware of the mushrooms. UNIVERSITY STUDENT ARRESTED FOR SIMPLE POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA A University student was arrested for simple possession of marijuana on March 23 at about 9 a.m.Officers arrived at Beauregard Hall after receiving a complaint about the smell of burned marijuana coming from a room. Officers found the room where the smell came from and asked the resident, Hubert R. Hancock IV, 18, of 4702 Park Drive, Metairie, for consent to search the room, Rogé said. Hancock gave consent, and when officers asked Hancock if he had any marijuana in the room, he retrieved a plastic bag with about 26 grams of marijuana from a cabinet. Hancock was issued a misdemeanor summons and released.—–Contact The Daily Reveille news staff at [email protected]