On Nov. 3, LSU Police Department officers were dispatched to a parking lot near the Acacia fraternity house. While the investigation was underway, Keith Patrick DeLaune, 20, of 1463 Rue Bayonne, Mandeville, La., began interfering. Officers asked him to leave, but he returned, according to LSUPD spokesman Capt. Cory Lalonde. DeLaune was arrested by officers, issued a misdemeanor summons and released.
Man unaffiliated with University arrested for remaining after being forbidden, criminal damage to property and simple battery domestic violence
On Nov. 3, LSUPD officers responded to an incident at Miller Hall. Witnesses told officer James Edward Knight, 20, of 302 Latriomphe Parkway in Broussard, La. took a female victim’s phone, threw it on the ground and stomped on it, Lalonde said. Knight then pushed the victim on the ground and was escorted out of the building, Lalonde said. Officers found Knight and arrested him. He was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.
Student arrested for misdemeanor hit and run
On Oct. 15, an LSUPD officer noticed a vehicle in the Miller Hall parking lot with severe front damage. After talking to the owner it was determined the vehicle was the subject of a hit and run, Lalonde said. Through surveillance footage investigators identified the subject as Joshua E. Pate,18, of 103 Morning Cloud Street, Austin, Texas. Officers talked to Pate on Nov. 1, and he admitted to hitting the vehicle. He was arrested, issued a misdemeanor summons and released.
Man unaffiliated with the University arrested for theft
On Aug. 30, LSUPD officers received a report of a stolen bicycle from Pleasant Hall. Later the victim told LSUPD she saw a man riding her stolen bike on campus, Lalonde said. Officers confronted the man, who said he purchased the bike from John Enders Mann V, 23, of 1820 Olive Street. Investigators met with Mann and he admitted stealing the bike because he thought it was abandoned, Lalonde said. Officers arrested Mann, charged him with misdemeanor theft and released him.