Man arrested for iPhone thefts
LSU Police Department officers arrested a 19-year-old man unaffiliated with the University on June 22 for the theft of two iPhones.
Carnealius J. Burrell, of 501 Crosley Drive, allegedly approached two female University students in the North Ag Parking Lot at 8:53 a.m. and asked to use a phone.
One student handed her iPhone to Burrell. When Burrell saw the other student also owned an iPhone, he convinced her to give him that phone as well, according to Sgt. Blake Tabor, LSUPD spokesman.
Burrell got in a car and left the scene with both phones. However, the victims were able to copy his license plate number, which they reported to LSUPD, along with a description, Tabor said.
Officers investigated the information, identified Burrell and arrested him for stealing the cell phones.
Burrell was booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.
Men arrested by Acacia frat house
LSU Police Department officers arrested two men after investigating a suspicious vehicle parked on West Lakeshore Drive.
Michael J. Lockhart, 24, of 28899 Brett Drive and Dustin B. McKnight, 25, of 29475 Joyce Street, were arrested on June 23.
When officers tried to find the owners of the vehicle, they found McKnight standing at the back of the Acacia fraternity house. After speaking with McKnight, Lockhart began talking roughly to the officers and took an “aggressive posture,” according to Sgt. Blake Tabor, LSUPD spokesman.
Lockhart resisted when the officer attempted to arrest him.
When McKnight was placed under arrest, officers found a glass smoking pipe in his pocket.
Officers also found 0.4 grams of marijuana in the car.
McKnight was booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison for resisting arrest and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Lockhart was also booked in EBR Parish Prison for simple assault, resisting arrest and possession of marijuana.
Man arrested for drug posession
Sammie Porter, 35, of 2049 Jasper Ave., was stopped by LSU Police Department officers at 12:59 a.m. on June 26 near Nicholson Drive.
Porter did not have a valid driver’s license. When he opened the glove compartment to get his registration and insurance information, the officer noticed an unlabeled brown pill bottle, according to Sgt. Blake Tabor, LSUPD spokesman.
Porter did not have a prescription for the 17 Lortab capsules found inside the bottle, and officers also found two partially smoked marijuana cigarettes in the ashtray of Porter’s car, Tabor said.
Porter was arrested and booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison for stopping, standing, parking on a roadway, no valid license and possession of marijuana and schedule three drugs.
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