MAN ARRESTED FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCEA man unaffiliated with the University was arrested on July 1 for domestic violence at about 1:14 a.m. near East Laville Hall. LSU Police Department Spokesman Sgt. Blake Tabor said Graylin L. Hammond, 20, of 4446 Sycamore Street, Baton Rouge, was arrested after reportedly choking his girlfriend in her West Campus Apartment room. The girl’s roommates called LSUPD after they heard the disturbance. Tabor said Hammond barricaded the door and choked the girl after the two had an argument in her room.The roommates eventually got into the room and told Hammond to leave. Officers arrested him near East Laville Hall. Hammond was booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison for false imprisonment and simple battery in the course of domestic violence. TWO MEN ARRESTED FOR PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS Two men unaffiliated with the University were arrested for disturbing the peace by public drunkenness on June 30 at about 6 p.m. John Wesley Graves, 45, of 25085 Greenwell Springs Road, Baton Rouge, and Kevin Carlock, 34, of 25093 Greenwell Springs, Baton Rouge, were kayaking in University Lake when Graves fell into the water and lost his kayak, Tabor said. Two witnesses who were also kayaking said Graves appeared intoxicated and called LSUPD. When officers arrived, Carlock had brought Graves to shore, Tabor said. Graves and Carlock were uncooperative with the officers and were both arrested for disturbing the peace by public drunkenness, Tabor said. The two were each issued a misdemeanor summons. —-Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]
Campus Crime Briefs – 7/7/09
July 6, 2009