22-year-old arrested with cocaine during traffic stop
LSUPD spokesperson Lt. Kevin Scott said a 22-year-old non-student was arrested during a traffic stop near Alex Box Stadium.
LSUPD was directing traffic at Burbank and Nicholson Drive on March 18 for the LSU-Georgia baseball game at Alex Box Stadium, according to Scott.
A vehicle failed to obey traffic commands and was stopped, Scott said. Officers then observed suspected cocaine in the vehicle.
As a result, LSUPD arrested non-student Glen Swearingen of Sedalia, Missouri. Swearingen was charged and booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison for possession of schedule II and a traffic violation.
University student arrested with stolen motorcycle
A 22-year-old University student was arrested for possession of stolen items after he was found with a motorcycle that was reported stolen, Scott said.
LSUPD observed a stolen motorcycle at the University soccer complex on Gourrier Drive on March 19, according to Scott.
LSUPD then discovered University student Tony Westly to be in possession of the motorcycle. Westly told police that he purchased the motorcycle from a friend and was told that it did not have a title.
LSUPD confirmed that the motorcycle was reported stolen from Pascagoula, Mississippi.
Westly was arrested, charged and booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison for the aforementioned charge.
Two arrested with stolen checks, drugs during traffic stop
Two non-students were arrested on multiple charges following a traffic stop on Highland Road, Scott said.
LSUPD conducted a traffic stop on Highland Road on March 20 at 4:30 a.m., according to Scott. During the stop, police located several stolen bank checks, stolen property and illegal drugs.
As a result, the driver, 27-year-old non-student Shawn Sharretts of Baton Rouge, was arrested for possession of heroin, possession of cocaine, possession of stolen property and a fugitive warrant.
The passenger, 38-year-old non-student Collin Black of Denham Springs, was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of stolen property.
Both were charged and booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison for the aforementioned charges.