Man arrested for public intimidation, interfering with investigation and resisting arrest
LSU Police Department officers arrested a 28-year-old man unaffiliated with the University on Nov. 20 for interfering with investigation, public intimidation and resisting arrest.
Officers were contacted by a man who said he was driving on Skip Bertman Drive near the railroad tracks when he saw a man expose his genitals, according to Det. Jason Bettencourtt, LSUPD spokesman.
Officers asked people near the area if they had seen a man exposing his genitals, but no one had, Bettencourtt said.
As officers were questioning people, a white male walked by. The man was identified as the person who had mooned them earlier, Bettencourtt said.
When officers detained the man, people in a nearby tent who knew the suspect were angered and began shouting at officers, Bettencourtt said.
Officers warned one rowdy man, Jason Marshall, of 7308 Briar Place, to move back and not interfere, but he refused, Bettencourtt said. Marshall struggled and threatened the officers’ jobs while being handcuffed.
The alleged flasher was detained but later released because witnesses could not confirm he was the same man who had exposed himself, Bettencourtt said.
Marshall was booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.
Woman arrested for remaining after being forbidden, vagrancy, possession of drug paraphernalia
Officers arrested a 29-year-old woman unaffiliated with the University on Nov. 23 for remaining after being forbidden, vagrancy and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Officers responding to a suspicious person report found Melissa Williams, of 30641 Highway 16, Denham Springs, on the east side of McVoy Hall, Bettencourtt said.
Officers recognized Williams, who had previously been banned from campus for panhandling, Bettencourtt said.
Williams was standing next to her vehicle, and officers asked if they could search it, Bettencourtt said. Officers found syringes and a pipe for smoking crack cocaine in the vehicle.
Williams was booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.
Student arrested for simple assault
Officers arrested a University student Nov. 22 for simple assault.
Officers went to the Residential College Complex after a complaint from a female student who said she was assaulted, Bettencourtt said.
The victim said she was in her dorm room when Joseph Leblanc, 18, of 424 Sunset Blvd., entered her room screaming at her. She did not specify the reason for the argument, Bettencourtt said.
The victim said at one point Leblanc yelled, “If it happens again, you’ll regret it, and I’ll make sure you regret it,” Bettencourtt said.
Officers contacted Leblanc outside the Residential College Complex parking lot where he admitted to threatening the victim, Bettencourtt said.
Leblanc was issued a misdemeanor summons and released.
 
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