STUDENT ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGESA 21-year-old University student was arrested Wednesday, Oct. 28, on eight counts of illegal manufacture or distribution of Schedule I drugs, among other charges.LSU Police Department officers arrested Clarkson Hibbert, of 5941 Green Tree Road, Houston, Texas, after it was reported he altered a prescription from the Student Health Center to allow for more refills, said Capt. Russell Rogé, LSUPD spokesman.Officers arrived at Hibbert’s residence at 2826 Zeeland Ave. in Baton Rouge on Wednesday night. Hibbert gave officers permission to search his home, where they found and collected 13.2 pounds of marijuana, codeine cough syrup, Xanax pills and an unregistered firearm, Rogé said.Hibbert was arrested on charges of possession of Schedule II drugs, possession of Schedule IV drugs, possession of drug paraphernalia, the illegal manufacture or distribution of Schedule I drugs and illegal possession of a firearm.He was booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.STUDENT ARRESTED FOR MARIJUANA POSSESSIONAn 18-year-old University student was arrested Oct. 26 at about 8:30 p.m. for simple possession of marijuana.LSUPD received a complaint about the smell of marijuana coming from a room in Herget Hall.Officers arrived at the room, where its resident, William Charbonnet, of 1520 Palm St., Metairie, turned over a cellophane bag filled with about 5.4 grams of marijuana, Rogé said.Charbonnet was issued a misdemeanor summons and released for simple possession of marijuana.MAN ARRESTED AFTER TRYING TO STEAL SOCKSAn 18-year-old man unaffiliated with the University was arrested Oct. 31 at about 1 p.m. for shoplifting.LSUPD received a complaint about a man trying to steal a pair of socks from the LSU Bookstore.When officers arrived, they arrested Christian Laborde, of 22816 Chene Blanc Lane, Maurepas, La., for shoplifting. Officers discovered he had torn the tag off a pair of socks and put it in his book bag, Rogé said.Laborde was issued a misdemeanor summons and released.TWO MEN ARRESTED FOR PUBLIC INTOXICATIONTwo men unaffiliated with the University were arrested Oct. 31 during tailgating festivities before the Tulane game for disturbing the peace by public intoxication.LSUPD received a complaint that two men — Peter Bonin, 50, of 16017 Highway 102, Jennings, La., and Arron Hoffpauir, 46, of 511 E. Third St., Jennings, La. — had crashed a group’s tailgate in the parking lot of the Vet School, broken their TV and tried to start fights with several people, Rogé said.When a security guard arrived at about 6:40 p.m. and asked the two to leave, they pushed him and left, Rogé said. Officers later found Bonin and Hoffpauir, who appeared to be extremely intoxicated, walking near the same parking lot, Rogé said.Bonin tried to prevent officers from putting handcuffs on him, but he and Hoffpauir were eventually brought to LSUPD and were later booked in EBR Parish Prison for disturbing the peace by public intoxication. Bonin was also arrested on charges of resisting arrest.—-Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]
Campus Crime Briefs- Nov. 4
November 4, 2009