Following an audit by the state Department of Health and Hospitals and a University investigation, a University Student Health Center pharmacist retired and subsequently was fired.
Police arrested the pharmacist, Jane A. Naul, 56, of 9767 Yellowstone Ave., on charges of theft, filing false public records and distribution of schedule IV narcotics, said LSUPD Capt. Mark Shaw.
DHH performed a regularly scheduled audit last year. In that audit, it determined some narcotics were missing. Those narcotics were not drugs LSU normally keeps, but paperwork said the University ordered them. They were not on the shelves, and there was a lack of paperwork describing where the narcotics went, Shaw said.
After DHH filed its report, it also filed a recommendation for corrective action. Shaw said Naul replied to the report to explain the missing narcotics, but the information Naul reported was false, and she was unauthorized to respond.
After the DHH audit, the University allowed Naul to retire in lieu of firing her. At the same time, the University began a more in-depth investigation, Shaw said.
The University investigation found further discrepancies regarding the dispensing of narcotics the DHH would not have located, Shaw said.
The investigation discovered more than $1,000 worth of medication had been dispensed to Naul’s family, with a large majority dispensed under her husband’s name.
Police arrested Naul Feb. 18 on the above charges.
In an unrelated incident, police responded to a call received from the Chapel on Campus about a man sleeping in the building.
The man, Clint Varnam, 21, previously was advised by LSUPD not to come back on campus without official business, Shaw said.
Police also found in Varnam’s possession a key from the International Cultural Center that was missing since March 4. Shaw said the individual let himself in to sleep.
At the time of the arrest, police found the individual on the second floor — a private residence.
Police charged Varnam with unauthorized entrance to an inhabited dwelling, remaining after forbidden and possession of stolen property. He was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.
On Feb. 21, police responded to a call at East Campus Apartments concerning a fight in the parking lot.
At 10 p.m., officers met the victim in the parking lot and were told she was involved in a fight with her child’s father, Shaw said. The victim said the individual hit her head against a vehicle. Shaw said witnesses corroborated this statement.
During the fight, the individual allegedly threw the victim’s cell phone on the ground and broke it.
The victim identified the individual by name and allowed the police to locate him at an intersection, Shaw said.
Police arrested Charley Collins III, 25, of 151 Taylor St., on charges of aggravated battery, driving under suspension and criminal damage to property. Police booked him into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.
Police arrested an individual March 8 in an unrelated incident for driving while intoxicated.
Police noticed Lindsay Foster, 21, of 110 Fultz St., Newellton, La., driving on Fieldhouse Road at a high speed in a truck with a flat right tire and large clouds of smoke coming from the right side, Shaw said.
The officer stopped Foster for a routine traffic stop and observed the individual to be intoxicated, Shaw said.
After the individual performed poorly on the field sobriety test, police transported the individual to LSUPD for a breathalyzer test.
Police also noticed the driver struck something painted blue, which caused the damage to the tire and the right side quarter panel and passenger mirror, Shaw said. Police located a blue dumpster that was damaged, and the paint on it matched the truck.
Police booked Foster into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison for driving while intoxicated, reckless operation and hit and run.
Police arrested another individual in a separate incident Feb. 19 also for driving while intoxicated.
This individual disregarded a stop sign at South Campus Drive and Tower Drive, Shaw said.
The officer stopped Steven Wayne Parnell, 48, of 512 Cornell Ave., in a routine traffic violation and observed an alcoholic odor.
The individual admitted to drinking at dinner and taking a prescription drug. He performed badly on the field sobriety test and was transported to LSUPD, where he initially refused a breathalyzer test, Shaw said.
Prior to being transported to East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, Parnell submitted to the test and had a .13 blood alcohol level, .03 above the legal limit.
Police charged him with a stop sign violation and DWI second offense, which means he was arrested in the last five years and can receive a higher fine and jail time.