The Panhellenic Council will pay the LSU Police Department more for increased security along Sorority Row after two members of Delta Gamma sorority were robbed at gunpoint in early September.The robbery, which was not generally publicized by LSUPD or the University, happened Sept. 6 on a bridge near an area with 11 sorority houses to which 2,300 members have access.Captain Russell Rogé, LSUPD spokesman, said the robbery was not publicized because it is “normal procedure” to post the incident only as a crime alert on LSUPD’s Web site. The University did not send a safety alert to students.Kelly Huff, president of the LSU Panhellenic Council, said the council unanimously voted to increase the $6 fee per sorority member by $2 to help pay for the additional patrol officer along Sorority Row.An LSU police officer is already on duty along West Lakeshore Drive seven days a week from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m., Huff said. “LSU Police upped the price they were charging us, and this was the only way for us to pay for this,” he said. “It was either have each member pay more or cut back on the patrols. We wanted the added security.”The added patrols will not go into effect until the spring semester, she said.  Angela Guillory, director of Greek Life, said her office did not release any information about the robbery in order “to maintain the privacy of the students.”  The three sorority women were returning to the Delta Gamma house from nearby Serranos restaurant around 1 a.m., according to a member of Delta Gamma, a senior who requested anonymity because she was not authorized to speak for the sorority. Rogé said two of the women were held at gunpoint and had purses, cell phones and credit cards stolen.LSUPD arrested a man and a woman who were carrying guns and riding bicycles on the University campus Sept. 13 during the LSU-University of Louisiana at Lafayette football game, Sergeant Jason Bettencourtt of LSUPD said. Both were charged with the robbery. Police officers identified the woman after she was seen in surveillance footage using the stolen credit card at a Baton Rouge ATM. The man matched the description the sorority women gave police after the robbery, Rogé said. Megan Bilichka, 23, of Baton Rouge, is accused of using the stolen credit card. She is charged with carrying a gun in a firearm-free zone and unauthorized use of an access card. Wilfredo Martinez, 32, of Baton Rouge, is accused of holding up the sorority women. He is charged with armed robbery, carrying a gun in a firearm-free zone, possession of a gun by a convicted felon and resisting an officer.Bilichka and Martinez led LSU police to an off-campus apartment where Royce Hall, 33, was found babysitting the couple’s infant, Bettencourtt said. Hall is the second suspect accused of holding up the sorority women and faces charges of armed robbery, possession of stolen things and possession of marijuana. Guillory said LSU police charge $42 an hour for each officer on duty. Rogé said it is not unusual for LSU police to provide security for on-campus organizations and events.”We work many sporting events as well as sorority and fraternity parties and late night events in the Union,” he said. “It’s a service we provide when they ask for our officers to provide security.”Huff said many of the council members felt the sororities would feel uncomfortable without the patrols at night. “Anything can happen, especially after this,” she said. “It’s a shame that [the robbery] happened on that bridge.”The fee increase will be added to the Panhellenic Council’s constitution at the next business meeting, and delegates will have to approve the measure, Huff said. – – – -Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]