STUDENT STABS SISTERA University student was arrested on Jan. 21 around 4 p.m. for stabbing her roommate, according to Capt. Russell Rogé, LSU Police Department spokesman. Josefina S. Massanga, 22, of East Campus Apartments, Unit D, w was arrested on charges of aggravated battery under the domestic violence act. She stabbed the victim, her sister, one time in the back during a dispute, Rogé said. LSUPD officials and detectives responded to ECA in reference to the stabbing, along with paramedics and fire department personnel. During the course of the investigation, Massanga said she might have stabbed her sister during the confrontation. Massanga is awaiting bond. WOMAN ARRESTED AFTER BEING PULLED OVERA woman not affiliated with the University was arrested on Jan. 23 at about 3:45 a.m. on charges of possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number, among other charges.Desiree J. Dreikorn, 23, of 1826 Brightside View, Baton Rouge, was arrested and charged with possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number, possession of a Schedule II drug, possession of marijuana, possession of a fire arm with a controlled substance, driving with a suspended license and driving with no tail lights, Rogé said. Officials stopped Dreikorn for driving without tail lights on River Road. Dreikorn told the officers she had a pistol in her car’s glove compartment. The pistol had an altered serial number. When the officers found the gun, they also found marijuana and a smoking pipe. When Dreikorn was arrested, officers found two tablets of Adderall for which Dreikorn didn’t have a prescription.STUDENT ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF MARIJUANA POSSESSIONA University student was arrested Friday around 10:45 a.m. for possession of marijuana, Rogé said.Kurt H. Manning, 19, of 1007 West Ashlin, Louisville, Ky., was charged with one count of possession of marijuana. Officials responded to a complaint that Manning was selling marijuana from his room in McVoy Hall. Manning signed a consent search form, and officers began searching his dorm room. Manning told the officers that he had marijuana in his underwear drawer, Rogé said. The officers found a plastic bag with about 32.5 grams of marijuana in his underwear drawer. BRCC STUDENT ARRESTED FOR MARIJUANA A Baton Rouge Community College student was arrested for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia at about 3 a.m. on Sunday.Ryan D. Hendricks, 19, of 171 Skrable Road, Jena was in the driver’s seat of a parked vehicle on East Fraternity Lane when LSUPD question him. Hendricks exited the vehicle and threw something next to the tire of the car, Rogé said.LSUPD officials could smell burnt marijuana on Hendricks’ clothing, Rogé said. Hendricks denied smoking marijuana, but told police he had some in a small plastic bag and a pipe, in his center console. Officers found about 7.9 grams of marijuana in the center console, along with a pipe. —-Contact The Daily Reveille new’s staff at [email protected]
Campus Crime Briefs: 1/29/09
January 28, 2009