STUDENT ACCUSED OF STEALING COMPUTERBrysan Bennette, a 19-year-old student of 2654 Adams Ave., was arrested and booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on Sept. 29 around 10:40 a.m. for a felony theft more than $500.According to Sgt. Antoine Busby, LSU Police Department, Bennette stole a backpack with a Dell laptop after taking an exam in the basement of Himes Hall on Sept. 23.The theft was reported to LSUPD around 4 p.m. on Sept. 23. Busby said Bennette was caught taking the bag on video. On Sept. 29, LSUPD contacted Bennette in his home. Busby said Bennette said he took the computer by mistake, but said the student didn’t have an excuse for not returning it to the lab.Busby said Bennette said he had returned to the lab and asked if a computer had been reported missing. Busby said Bennette told LSUPD no theft had been reported.Busby said after a search of Bennette’s residence, the laptop was found and returned to its owner.—-Contact the Daily Reveille’s new staff at [email protected]
Campus Crime Briefs
September 28, 2009