Final suspect from spring 2015 bank fraud case arrested
LSUPD spokesperson Lt. Kevin Scott said non-student Michael Rura, 60, was arrested in New Orleans on March 4 at 3:25 p.m. as a fugitive based on a warrant from LSUPD. Scott said he was the fifth and final suspect in a bank fraud case with the University involving stolen checks in May. Scott said Rura was booked to East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on conspiracy to commit theft of over $15,000, conspiracy to commit forgery and conspiracy to commit monetary instrument abuse.
Unlicensed man arrested for hit and run near Tri Delta house
Scott said Gabriel Drayton, 19, was arrested and issued a misdemeanor summons on March 7 at 7:30 p.m. for driving without a license and a hit and run of a parked vehicle near the Tri Delta sorority house on Minnie Fisk Drive.
Driver arrested for hitting woman on campus during race
Mark Carpenter, 55, was arrested on March 7 at 10:38 a.m. for reckless operation of motor vehicle. On March 5, Carpenter allegedly struck a female who was participating in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Walk, on West Lakeshore Drive and Minnie Fisk Drive, Scott said. Scott said Carpenter was issued a misdemeanor summons and released.
LSU Dining employee steals and sells cell phone
Chartwells dining service employee Eddie Smith, 26, was arrested on March 9 at 8:50 p.m. after admitting to stealing and selling a cell phone from The 5 Dining Hall on Feb. 26, Scott said. LSUPD identified Smith as the suspect through video surveillance and booked Smith into EBR Parish Prison, Scott said.
Student arrested for multiple incidents of burglary, theft at UREC
Scott said student Hunter Bonial, 20, was arrested on March 8 at 1 p.m. and booked into EBR Parish Prison for two counts of simple burglary and three separate incidents aggregated into one count of theft. Scott said LSUPD received several reports from the UREC men’s locker room over a period of weeks in February in which Bonial cut locker padlocks twice and stole cash, a total of $390, in three separate instances.

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Hunter Bonial