UNIVERSITY STUDENT ARRESTED FOR DWIA 23-year-old University student was arrested for driving while intoxicated, driving with an open container of alcohol and improper lane usage at about 2 a.m. on July 8. An officer saw Kristen A. Oaks, of 5517 Arialo Drive, Baton Rouge, swerve into the shoulder on Nicholson Drive, said LSU Police Department Spokesman Sgt. Blake Tabor. The officer stopped Oaks, and she failed all field sobriety tests, Tabor said. Oaks refused to take a breath alcohol test. She was booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. UNIVERSITY STAFF MEMBER ARRESTED AFTER CAR CRASH A University staff member was arrested because of outstanding warrants for contempt of court after being involved in a car crash on July 7 at about 1 p.m. Officers were called to the athletic physical plant parking lot after James R. Weathers II, 28, of 3930 Tyrone Drive, Baton Rouge, was involved in a car crash, Tabor said. Officers discovered he was driving with expired insurance, a suspended drivers license and several outstanding warrants for his arrest. Weathers was booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. He is a horticulture attendant for the Athletic Department. UNIVERSITY STUDENT ARRESTED FOR SIMPLE POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA A 44-year-old University student was arrested for simple possession of marijuana on July 7 at about 9 p.m.An officer was driving behind Earnest K. Britton, of 859 Aster Street, Baton Rouge, when he saw Britton was driving without working taillights, Tabor said. The officer stopped Britton and discovered his driver’s license was suspended and he didn’t have an inspection sticker. The officer then saw a marijuana smoking pipe in Britton’s car, prompting a search. The officer found another pipe in the car, along with a small amount of marijuana, Tabor said. Britton was issued a misdemeanor summons and released for simple possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. His car was impounded because he didn’t have insurance. MAN ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA A 45-year-old man unaffiliated with the University was arrested on July 8 at about 7:20 p.m. for simple possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and remaining after being forbidden. An officer saw Kenneth Womack, of 1125 West Lee Drive, Baton Rouge, make a possible drug purchase at the intersection of Chimes Street and Highland Road. The officer recognized Womack as someone who has been banned from campus before, and approached him, Tabor said. Weathers ran from the officer, but was eventually caught on State Street, Tabor said. The officer found a small amount of marijuana on Womack, along with a metal crack pipe, a glass crack pipe and a push rod for a crack pipe, Tabor said. Womack was issued a misdemeanor summons and released. He had been banned from campus eight times before his arrest on the 8th. MAN ARRESTED FOR DWIA 50-year-old University man was arrested for driving while intoxicated, careless operation of a motor vehicle and driving with no taillights at about 1 a.m. on July 6. An officer patrolling Nicholson Drive saw Jeffrey C. Isaac, of 415 South 20th Street, Baton Rouge, driving without working taillights, Tabor said. The officer stopped Isaac and smelled alcohol on his breath. Isaac failed all field sobriety tests, Tabor said. Isaac refused to take a breath alcohol test. He was booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. MAN ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA A 23-year-old man unaffiliated with the University was arrested on July 10 at about 5 a.m. for simple possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving while intoxicated and careless operation of a motor vehicle. An officer saw a vehicle that struck a tree at the intersection of Nicholson and North Shore drives at about 5 a.m. The driver was Jon L. Shoulders, of 112 Annandale Parkway, East Madison, Miss. The officer called EMS, but there were no serious injuries. The officer smelled alcohol on Shoulders and questioned him about it, Tabor said. Shoulders said he only had two beers. Shoulders then failed all field sobriety tests. Shoulders was brought to LSUPD, where a breath alcohol test registered Shoulders at .132 — more than the legal limit. Officers searched Shoulders and found a small amount of marijuana and a glass marijuana smoking pipe, Tabor said. Shoulders was booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. THREE MEN ARRESTED AFTER PRANK A University student and two men unaffiliated with the University were arrested after a failed prank near the Student Health Center on July 9 at about 1 p.m. James P. Geaghan, 23, of 372 Rodney Drive, Baton Rouge, pulled a knife on two men after they tried to put a parking ticket they found on the ground on his car parked outside the Student Health Center as a joke, Tabor said. The two men — David C. Coleman, 20, of 9985 Bunting Drive, Baton Rouge, and Jared P. Bourque, of 41201 Little Place, Gonzales, La. — were walking back from Wendy’s when they found the ticket. When Geaghan pulled the knife on them, the two ran away, and Geaghan went back into the Student Health Center. Officers eventually brought the three into LSUPD, where Geaghan was arrested for aggravated assault. Coleman and Bourque were arrested for criminal mischief, Tabor said. They were each issued a misdemeanor summons and released. —-Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]
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July 13, 2009