Student arrested for possesion of marijuana, drug paraphernaliaSamuel Woodham, a 20-year-old University student of 11 51st St. in Gulfport, Miss., was arrested March 25 for possession of drug paraphernalia and marijuana.Officers were patrolling the area near the Kappa Sigma fraternity house at 2:24 a.m. to look for suspects in a complaint of criminal damage to property, said Sgt. Blake Tabor, LSU Police Department spokesman.The officers stopped three men, including Woodham. Tabor said no connection was found between the men and the damage complaint, but officers found Woodham had a ceramic pipe with suspected marijuana residue and a wooden container holding 3.3 grams of marijuana during a pat-down search.Woodham admitted the marijuana belonged to him and was issued a misdemeanor summons and released.Misdemeanor summons issued to men trespassing in FieldhouseTwo people unaffiliated with the University were arrested March 25 at approximately 11:27 p.m. for criminal trespassing.LSUPD was dispatched to the Huey P. Long Fieldhouse when an intrusion alarm sounded at the building, Tabor said. Officers found Ricardo Galvan, 33, of 848 Florence Blvd., and Robin Boatright, 26, of 743 Bourbon Ave. ,when they arrived.Galvan was in the racquetball court area, and Boatright was in the empty swimming pool, Tabor said. The two said they didn’t know they weren’t allowed to be there.They were both issued a misdemeanor summons and released.Student arrested for driving wrong direction, no headlights, DWIA 21-year-old University student was arrested March 28 at approximately 2:21 a.m. for a DWI, driving the wrong way on a one-way road and not using headlights when required.An LSUPD officer observed a tan Honda Accord driving without headlights heading southbound on Infirmary Road, a one-way street for northbound traffic only, Tabor said.The officer pulled over the car, driven by Joshua Smith of 307 Magnolia Ridge Road in Boutte. The officer smelled alcohol on Smith’s breath, Tabor said.Smith failed all three components of the field sobriety test and was transported back to LSUPD, where he was given a breathalyzer test and registered a .081 blood alcohol content.Smith was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.—-Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected].
Campus Crime Briefs – March 31, 2010
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