MAN ARRESTED FOR FLASHINGA man unaffiliated with the University was arrested Feb. 21 at about 1:30 p.m. for allegedly exposing himself to a female University student. According to the LSU Police Department report, the man asked the student for the time as she was walking on the sidewalk near the Lod Cook Conference Center. When she approached the man, he exposed his genitals, said Capt. Russell Rogé, LSUPD spokesman. The student called LSUPD and later identified Javier Enrique Borgs Cunigan as the flasher. Cunigan, a 36-year-old Mexican laborer, tried to escape officers when they found him on the same sidewalk near the Lod Cook Conference Center. He was booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on one count each of obscenity and resisting arrest.MAN ARRESTED FOR MARIJUANA POSSESSIONA man unaffiliated with the University was arrested Feb. 17 at about 12:45 a.m. for felony possession of marijuana. Officers saw Charles Buckles, 38, of 325 West Grant Street, Baton Rouge, speeding on Nicholson Drive. Buckles was driving at 50 mph in a 35 mph zone when officers pulled him over, said Maj. Helen Haire, LSUPD spokeswoman. After Buckles stepped out of the vehicle, officers asked if he had anything illegal in his car. Buckles responded, saying he didn’t have any weapons, but that he did have marijuana in the car. After the officers received consent to search the vehicle, they found a bag of marijuana under the passenger seat, Haire said. The bag contained 77 grams of marijuana — a felony offense. Buckles was booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. WOMAN ARRESTED FOR SIMPLE BATTERYA woman unaffiliated with the University was arrested Feb. 16 for simple battery at about 11:20 a.m.Temeka Shantel Watts, 26, of 788 North Don Moor Drive, Baton Rouge, was arrested on the corner of Highland Road and South Stadium Drive after she sprayed perfume on two people while on board a Capital Area Transit System bus. Watts struck one of the victims in the head and the other in the chin after a verbal altercation about the perfume, Haire said.Watts was issued a misdemeanor summons and released. TWO STUDENTS ARRESTED FOR MARIJUANATwo University students were arrested Feb. 11 for simple possession of marijuana and simple possession of drug paraphernalia at about 11:30 p.m.Jonathan Brothers, 19, of 3708 Lake Winnipeg Drive, Harvey, and Andrew Prat, 19, of 3424 North Labarre Road, Metairie, were arrested shortly after LSUPD received a complaint about them selling marijuana out of their room in McVoy Hall, Haire said. When officers arrived, they questioned Brothers and Prat about the complaint. The two led officers to a suitcase that contained a jar filled with six grams of marijuana, three marijuana grinders and a glass pipe, Haire said. Brothers and Prat were each issued a misdemeanor summons and released. MAN ARRESTED TWICE FOR TRESPASSING A man unaffiliated with the University was arrested twice last week for remaining after being forbidden from campus.Responding to a complaint about a suspicious person at St. Alban’s Church at about 8:30 a.m., officers saw David Zavala, 40, of 2600 Florida Blvd., Baton Rouge, sleeping on a pew in the chapel.Zavala was issued a misdemeanor summons for trespassing and released. He was arrested again on Feb. 17 for trespassing at about 5 p.m. Officers arrived at the LSU Bookstore after receiving a complaint about a suspicious person begging for food and found Zavala. Zavala was arrested and booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison for being on campus after being forbidden. LSUPD had two previous contacts with Zavala — the first resulting in a trespass warning, and the other being an arrest for trespassing.MAN ARRESTED FOR MARIJUANA POSSESSION A man unaffiliated with the University was arrested Feb. 16 for simple possession of marijuana at about 10:50 p.m.Bradley K. Vincent, 28, of 515 West Grant Street, Baton Rouge, was stopped by officers after they saw him driving north on Nicholson Drive with no tail lights. When Vincent opened his passenger door to get his registration, officers smelled what they believed to be marijuana. After receiving consent to search the vehicle, officers found two burnt marijuana roaches in Vincent’s ashtray. Vincent was issued a misdemeanor summons and released. ——Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]
Campus Crime Briefs
February 26, 2009