MAN ARRESTED FOR MARIJUANA ON HIS WAY TO DENTISTA man unaffiliated with the University was arrested on South Campus Drive at about 6:30 a.m. on Feb. 5 for felony possession of marijuana, among other charges, said Capt. Russell Rogé, LSU Police Department spokesman. Charles B. Longo, 49, of 15011 Cranbrook Court, Baton Rouge, was driving near South Campus Drive when LSUPD officers spotted him. When Longo, who appeared nervous and agitated, rolled his window down, the officers could smell freshly burnt marijuana, Rogé said. As Longo stepped out of his car, he told the officers he was on his way to a 9 a.m. dental appointment. The officers noticed a marijuana cigarette sitting in the car’s ashtray in plain view. Longo told the officers the cigarette was his and there was more marijuana in the trunk. The officers then read Longo his Miranda rights and placed him in handcuffs. The officers searched the vehicle and found two bags of marijuana in the trunk, along with a large number of marijuana roaches, a marijuana grinder, rolling paper and 12.2 grams of loose marijuana scattered on the vehicle’s seats. One bag had 28.7 grams of marijuana, and the other bag had 13 grams of marijuana. Longo told the officers he was smoking marijuana because he recently lost his job and couldn’t afford pain medication. He said he was on his way to the dentist to have some teeth pulled and hoped the marijuana would help. Officers also found 19 keyless entry car remotes in Longo’s car, Rogé said. Longo was booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on charges of felony possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of burglary tools and driving with an expired driver’s license. Rogé said LSUPD notified the Baton Rouge Police Department about the keyless entry devices, and an investigation is underway. UNIVERSITY STUDENT ARRESTED FOR DWIA University student was arrested for driving while intoxicated Feb. 6 at about 2:30 a.m. Officers saw Justin D. Frasier, 20, of 193 Talmadge Road, Dubach, driving a vehicle with heavy damage to the front passenger side down Aster Street without his headlights on. When officers stopped him for the traffic violation, smoke began billowing from the car, Rogé said. Frasier told officers he just left Mike’s Bar and Grill — where he thought the accident happened. The officers conducted a field sobriety test on Frasier, placed him under arrest and brought him to the police station. Frasier submitted a blood sample, which showed his blood alcohol content to be .142. Being under 21, Frasier’s BAC was seven times the legal limit, Rogé said. Frasier was booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison for a first offense DWI and hit-and-run driving. LSUPD and BRPD are investigating the hit-and-run charge. —-Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]
Crime Briefs
February 10, 2009