UNIVERSITY STUDENT ARRESTED FOR SIMPLE BATTERY AT GROOVIN’ ON THE GROUNDSA University student was arrested for simple battery, theft and disturbing the peace by intoxication during the University’s Groovin’ on the Grounds concert event on the Parade Ground on March 21 at about 8 p.m. Officers reported to the parking lot near Thomas Boyd Hall after a call about a possible fight in progress there. When officers arrived, a parking official told them a drunk man had approached him and began screaming expletives and taunting him. The man then hit the parking official’s baseball cap off his head, Tabor said. The parking official told the officers the man returned sometime later, continued to scream and then stole his baseball cap.  Officers found and arrested Michael E. Tymchak, 20, of 3125 Laurel Drive, Baton Rouge, based on description given by the victim. Tymchak was booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.WOMAN ARRESTED FOR FOR INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE A woman unaffiliated with the University was arrested on March 21 at about 8:30 p.m. for possession of marijuana and intent to distribute Xanax and Lortab.Melissa R. Rogers, 30, of 1471 Daniel Webster Drive, Apt. 2, Baton Rouge, was arrested after an officer saw her turn into on-coming traffic on Skip Bertman Drive. The officer stopped Rogers for the traffic violation and could smell burnt marijuana coming from the vehicle, Tabor said. Rogers gave the officer consent to search the vehicle, and the officer found a pill bottle filled with seven generic Lortab pills and 14 generic Xanax pills. The officer also found 1.2 grams of marijuana and a smoking pipe, Tabor said. Rogers was arrested for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, possession with intent to distribute Schedule III drugs, possession with intent to distribute Schedule IV drugs and improper lane usage. She was booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. UNIVERSITY STUDENT ARRESTED FOR ALCOHOL POSSESSION AT GROOVIN’ ON THE GROUNDSA University student was arrested for underage public possession of alcohol on March 21 at about 7:30 p.m. Officers saw Lauren E. Adamson, 20, of 3166 Denton Place, Roswell, Ga., while patrolling the University’s Groovin’ on the Grounds concert event on the Parade Ground. Adamson looked intoxicated and was carrying a red plastic cup, Tabor said.Officers confronted Adamson and found beer in the cup she carried. Officers identified Adamson as underage, and she was arrested for possession of alcohol. Adamson was issued a misdemeanor summons and released. MAN ARRESTED FOR HIT AND RUN A man unaffiliated with the University was arrested for a hit and run two days after a fender bender near Skip Bertman Drive.  Deverene Dillon, 49, of 1257 West Garfield Drive, Baton Rouge, turned himself in to LSUPD after he left the scene of a fender bender he caused near Skip Bertman and Nicholson drives. Officers were called to the scene on March 17 at about 1:30 p.m., where the person he hit told officers Dillon’s license plate number, Tabor said. Dillon called LSUPD on March 18 and told officers he wanted to talk about the accident. Dillon was issued a misdemeanor summons on March 19 and released. STUDENT ARRESTED FOR MARIJUANA POSSESSIONA University student was arrested for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia on March 17 at about 12:30 a.m.An officer patrolling near the intersection of East Parker and South Stadium drives saw a car run a stop sign. After stopping the vehicle, the officer noticed the smell of burnt marijuana on the passenger, said LSU Police Department spokesman Sgt. Blake Tabor. After a consented search of the vehicle, the officer found a small bag filled with 4.2 grams of marijuana and two smoking pipes, belonging to the 18-year-old passenger, Brett Jude Busby, of 5037 Pike Drive, Metairie, La. Busby was issued a misdemeanor summons and released. The driver was issued a traffic citation. STUDENT ARRESTED FOR MARIJUANA POSSESSIONA University student was arrested for marijuana possession at about 9 p.m. on March 19. Officers went to Jackson Hall after they received a complaint about the smell of marijuana coming from one of the rooms. Officers found the room and asked the resident, Jordan Paul Zeller, 19, of 101 Autumn Creek, Madisonville, La., for consent to search the room. He agreed, and officers eventually found 4.5 grams of marijuana and a smoking pipe, Tabor said.Zeller was arrested for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. He was issued a misdemeanor summons and released.____Contact The Daily Reveille news staff at [email protected]