University staff member charged with access device fraud
Nakisha A. Allen, 29, of 1847 Kansas Street, was charged June 13 with access device fraud for illegal use of credit cards.
Two University students filed separate complaints with the LSU Police Department after reviewing credit card transactions from June 11 that didn’t belong to them, said Sgt. Blake Tabor, LSUPD spokesman.
LSUPD officers investigated the matter June 13 and learned both cards were used to purchase prepaid minutes to a cell phone company. The purchases were connected to prison phone accounts, Tabor said.
The cards were used for two separate inmate accounts at separate prisons. Allen, a University custodian, also allegedly made a purchase for herself in the amount of $318.72.
Allen admitted to illegally using the cards. She was arrested and transported to East Baton Rouge Parish Prison and charged with access device fraud, Tabor said.
 
LSU Police arrests man involved in Livingston Parish burglary
LSUPD officers arrested a man June 17 associated with a Livingston Parish burglary.
During a traffic stop, Jerrett M. Cothern, 26, of 358 Pine Street, Denham Springs, was found in possession of more than 150 pills including Oxycontin, Xanax, Adderall and other prescription drugs. Cothern was also in possession of credit cards and jewelry connected to the burglary, according to a news release by the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Cothern was pulled over for driving 52 mph in a 35 mph zone, said Tabor. While conducting the traffic stop, officers found suspicious items in back of the vehicle.
After being given consent to search the vehicle, officers found coins, multiple credit cards and silver and gold jewelry — later determined to be stolen from Livingston Parish — in addition to drugs and drug paraphernalia, Tabor said.
Cothern was taken to East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, where he was booked on four counts of drug-related possession; one count of stolen items and one count of speeding, according to the news release.
LSUPD made contact with Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office detectives and returned the stolen property, which led to several arrests, Tabor said.
 
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