Former University employee arrested for felony theft, malfeasance in office
Walters said LSUPD officers arrested Srinivas Thouta, 38, on March 2 for felony theft, malfeasance in office, five felony counts of unauthorized use of a movable and eight misdemeanor counts of unauthorized use of a movable following an investigation that began on Feb. 22.
According to a police report, Thouta was separated from employment with the University in December after not showing up to work for at least six months without permission to work remotely.
Thouta took items meant for his employee duties for personal use at his home in Texas without approval. According to the report, Thouta admitted to having these items in a Feb. 24 email to nine University employees, prompting a police search at Thouta’s home on March 1.
According to police records, officers found equipment belonging to the University worth an estimated $6,000, as well as other items not mentioned in the email.
He was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.
Man arrested for simple burglary of “Athletic Facility Services shop”
LSUPD spokesperson Lieutenant Marshall Walters said officers arrested Ivory Amos, 26, around 6 p.m. on Feb. 27 for simple burglary.
LSUPD responded to a reported burglary at the “Athletic Facility Services shop” near Nicholson Extension and found Amos, who entered the shop through the roof, with a box of shop materials, according to the police report.
Walters said Amos was arrested and booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. LSUPD officers also arrested Amos for criminal mischief and trespassing in Acadian Hall on Feb. 12, according to a previous report by The Daily Reveille.
Student discharges fire extinguisher in Miller Hall, arrested for criminal mischief
On Feb. 27 at 2:15 a.m. LSUPD officers were dispatched to Miller Hall in response to a fire alarm activated on the seventh floor, Walters said. Officers discovered what looked like fire extinguisher residue, found a discharged fire extinguisher and identified University student Alexis Ketteringham, 18, via video footage as the individual who discharged the fire extinguisher Walters said.
Officers arrested Ketteringham on Feb. 28 at 11:41 p.m. after she confessed when contacted that day, Walters said. She was issued a misdemeanor summons for criminal mischief and released.
Student arrested for misdemeanor sexual battery
Walters said LSUPD officers arrested University student Ymanuel Leon, 18, on Feb. 29 at 8:30 a.m. for misdemeanor sexual battery. Walters said officers received a complaint of battery in Foster Hall from a woman who stated Leon forcibly grabbed her buttocks during class.
Walters said officers identified the suspect as Leon, who admitted to touching her. He was issued a misdemeanor summons and released.