FRATERNITY MEMBER INVOLVED IN HIT AND RUN A 21-year-old University student was arrested Sept. 30 at about 1:30 p.m. for a hit and run. LSU Police Department officers received a call late Sept. 29 about a hit and run near East Campus Apartments, said LSUPD spokesman Capt. Russell Rogé said. When officers arrived, the person whose car was hit told the officers his or her car was struck near the fraternity houses. Rogé said the victim of the crash followed the car to ECA, where he or she confronted the driver, Sean Hanlon, of 18306 Manchac Place, Prairieville.The victim suspected Hanlon was intoxicated, and when they told him they were going to call the police, he drove away, Rogé said. The victim got the driver’s license plate number, and LSUPD began a search for the vehicle, which was registered to a non-student in Prairieville. On Sept. 30, LSUPD received several anonymous tips about Hanlon’s identity, Rogé said. At about 11 a.m., an officer stationed himself outside Hanlon’s fraternity, Theta Xi, where his car was parked. When the officer made several calls to the fraternity house and never got an answer, LSUPD towed Hanlon’s car, which had damage that matched up with the victim’s vehicle. At about 1:30 p.m. that day, Hanlon arrived at LSUPD to get his car. Rogé said he told officers he was distracted before the crash by the person in his passenger seat who was sick, Rogé said. Hanlon denied being intoxicated and was issued a misdemeanor summons for a hit and run, Rogé said.MAN ARRESTED FOR BURGLARY TOOLS, INTIMIDATIONA 29-year-old man unaffiliated with the University was arrested for possession of burglary tools, resisting an officer and public intimidation Sept. 29 at about 9:30 p.m. Officers saw Robert Harp, of 423 East State Street, Baton Rouge, riding his bike around campus multiple times that night, Rogé said. But officers stopped to question him when they saw him carrying another bike frame across his back. Officers then noticed Harp had a pry bar tucked into the waistband of his pants. When the officers questioned why he had the pry bar and where the bike frame came from, he began yelling at them, Rogé said. Harp resisted — pushing, shoving and threatening the officers — when they told Harp they were going to arrest him for possession of burglary tools, Rogé said.The officers arrested Harp and brought him to LSUPD, where he kicked and punched the doors and windows of the holding cell, Rogé said. Harp was booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison and banned from campus. —-Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]
Campus Crime Brief: 10/07/09
October 5, 2009