STUDENT CAUGHT WITH BAG OF GARDEN SUPPLIESOfficers patrolling East Campus Apartments at about 10 p.m. Nov. 22 arrested 20-year-old student Kevin Shudes for misdemeanor theft of supplies from the University Gardens.Shudes, of 3475 Claiborne St., Sulfur, was stopped by campus police after they saw him hide a garbage bag in the bushes outside ECA, according to Capt. Russell Rogé, LSU Police Department spokesman.When questioned, Shudes told officers he was a horticulture student looking for insects, Rogé said.Rogé said officers discovered the garbage bag in the bushes filled with peat moss, half a bag of fertilizer and assorted gardening tools. He said Shudes denied knowledge of the goods.After LSUPD started investigating the incident, Rogé said Shudes admitted to stealing the items. He was issued a misdemeanor summons and released.HERGET RESIDENT CAUGHT WITH MARIJUANAAlexander Roeling, an 18-year-old student of 21 Spinnaker Lane, New Orleans, was arrested Nov. 18 at about 1:30 a.m. for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.Roeling was arrested after LSUPD searched his room and discovered a bag and pill bottle containing .14 grams of marijuana and a modified humidifier used for smoking.Roeling was issued a misdemeanor summons and released.MAN FOUND WITH MARIJUANA, ANABOLIC STEROIDSJacob Lennox, a 23-year-old man unaffiliated with the University from 8825 Eagle Drive, Denham Springs, was arrested Nov. 19 at about 5:40 a.m. for possession of marijuana, drug paraphernalia and a Schedule III substance.LSUPD found and approached Lennox when he was in the Alaska Street parking lot by West Campus Apartments. When asked to empty his pockets, officers found a glass pipe and a bag of marijuana, according to Rogé. They also discovered a bottle of Winstrol, an anabolic steroid, in his vehicle.Lennox was later booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.—————Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]
Crime Briefs – 11/25/09
November 24, 2009