TAILGATER CAN’T STAND ON OWNBrittney Katchur, 25, of 2807 Lakefield Drive, Wylie, Texas, unaffiliated with the University, was issued a misdemeanor summons Saturday for disturbing the peace through intoxication and resisting an officer.About 4:30 p.m., officers responded to a call concerning a woman passed out in the street on Highland Road near Raphael Semmes Road.When they arrived, Katchur was passed out in a chair provided by another tailgater, according to Sgt. Blake Tabor, LSU Police Department public information officer. Tabor said she was unable to stand on her own and would not provide identification to the officers. Tabor said Katchur was physically combative while handcuffed.She was transported back to the Public Safety Building and released.TAILGATER YELLS AT SICK BYSTANDERAround 5 p.m. on Saturday, 23-year-old Joshua Switzer of 829 Lawrence Dr., Gretna, La., was issued a misdemeanor summons for disturbing the peace by public intoxication and resisting an officer.Switzer is unaffiliated with the University.Officers were dispatched to the Veterinary School parking lot on a medical complaint where they discovered Switizer shouting at the subject of the call, Tabor said.Switizer was obviously intoxicated, Tabor said.Tabor said officers informed him he was under arrest and attempted to handcuff him. Tabor said Switzer resisted being handcuffed.Switzer was transported to the Public Safety Building and released.TWO TAILGATERS BRAWL BEFORE GAMEOfficers patrolling Nicholson Extension around 6:15 p.m. on Saturday encountered two tailgaters fighting, Tabor said.Tabor said witnesses saw Scott Morvant, 27, of 428 Cypress Street, Raceland, La., attack another man.Neither party is affiliated with the University.Morvant was arrested and taken to the Public Safety Building. He was charged with disturbing the peace through a fistic encounter.The victim was not charged.TAILGATERS URINATE BEHIND PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDINGKelly Simon, 34, of 40184 Cottonfield Ave., Gonzales, La., and Herman Moody Jr., 34, of 15654 Malvern Hill were arrested Saturday for urinating behind the Public Safety Building.Neither Simon nor Moody are affiliated with the University.Police responded to the call around 7:15 p.m. and found both suspects in the act, Tabor said.The two offenders were arrested and released with misdemeanor summons.STUDENT PICKS AT FOODAn East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s deputy found Bennett Porciau, 21-year-old student of 455 Rue de la Place, near a concession stand in Tiger Stadium around 9 p.m. when Porciau was allegedly eating other students’ food while in line, Tabor said.Porciau was banned from the game and escorted outside. Tabor said he returned five minutes later and argued with officers while kicking beer cans and yelling.Porciau was arrested for disturbing the peace through intoxication and resisting arrest while officers tried to handcuff him, Tabor said.Tabor said he was booked in the EBR Parish Prison.————Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]
Crime Briefs – 10/13/2009
October 12, 2009