Hit and run earns University student reckless operation charges
On Oct. 10, surveillance cameras near Middleton Library showed a University student hitting two vehicles down the Middleton service drive then running from the scene.
Lalonde said when officers arrived on scene, a witness reported Yan Zhang, 27, backing and speeding down the service road Friday, Oct. 10, when she struck the two vehicles. The witness reported Zhang immediately leaving the crash site.
Officers identified Zhang through observations of the suspect’s vehicle and her license plate.
Lalonde said they later located and spoke to Zhang who admitted to striking the vehicles then leaving.
Zhang was issued a misdemeanor summons for reckless operation as well as a hit and run. Lalonde said she was released from LSUPD.
Student arrested for hit and run while parking
LSUPD officers reported to the N. Ag Center Lot in reference to a hit and run Wednesday, Oct. 8.
Lalonde said a witness reported seeing a silver vehicle hit a parked car in the parking lot while trying to park. The witness said the suspect, later identified as 18-year-old William Lewis, exited the vehicle, observed the damage then fled the scene.
Further information provided by the witness and surveillance footage allowed officers to confirm Lewis as the suspect, Lalonde said.
Lalonde said Lewis admitted to officers he struck the vehicle while trying to park.
Lewis was issued a misdemeanor summons for hit and run and was released from LSUPD.