Two students arrested last Wednesday for fight after classTwo students were arrested Feb. 24 for fighting each other on campus.Jenna Levert, 24, of 7018 Pelican Crossing Drive in Gonzales, reported to the LSU Police Department that she was hit in the face several times by 19-year-old Kristen Briseno of 5344 David Drive in Kenner, La., following a class they had together on campus, said Sgt. Blake Tabor, LSUPD spokesman.Briseno said Levert hit her first, Tabor said. Both women were issued misdemeanor summonses for simple battery and released.Student arrested for marijuana possession in dorm roomAn 18-year-old University student was arrested Feb. 23 for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia in her on-campus dorm.LSUPD was dispatched to Jackson Hall when a student complained about smelling marijuana on the third floor, Tabor said. The officers also smelled marijuana as they went to the room.The resident, Hilary Wittmer of 231 Macarthur Drive in Williamsville, N.Y., signed a consent to search form, and officers found 0.7 grams of marijuana in the room as well as a glass pipe and water bottle filled with dryer sheets, which Tabor said can be used in exhalation to mask the smell of smoke.Wittmer was issued a misdemeanor summons and released.Student loses book, attempts to steal another copy from UnionPhilip Piediscalzo, 19, of 216 Hidden Springs Lane in Covington, La., was arrested Feb. 24 for stealing from the Union bookstore.LSUPD was dispatched to the Student Union Bookstore at 10:53 a.m. for a shoplifting report. Bookstore management saw Piediscalzo take a book from the second floor, sit in the café area for about 15 minutes, then put the book into his bag and try to leave, Tabor said.When interviewed by LSUPD, he said he lost a copy of the same book and didn’t want to buy it again. Piediscalzo was issued a misdemeanor summons and released.LSUPD arrested a 25-year-old student Feb. 26 for aggravated arson and simple criminal damage to property after she started a fire in her on-campus apartment.Student deliberately starts fire in on-campus apartmentOfficers went to Nicholson Apartments just after 9 p.m. when an RA reported smelling smoke. Both the RA and LSUPD knocked on the apartment door with no answer. Tabor said LSUPD gained entry into the room by taking down the door and found the suspect, Tamanna Afroze of 3550 Nicholson Drive, Apt. 2079.Afroze had started a fire on the floor with a pile of newspapers and claimed she didn’t know it was against the law to start a fire in her apartment. LSUPD encouraged Afroze to seek medical treatment, but she refused, Tabor said.Afroze was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.Student caught smoking marijuana in Enchanted ForestUniversity student Ryan Shoultz of 8749 Polo Drive in Fort Worth, Texas, was arrested Feb. 27 at 7:45 p.m. for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.An officer was on bike patrol near the Enchanted Forest, next to the Greek Amphitheater, when he smelled marijuana and saw Shoultz smoking, Tabor said. The officer brought 19-year-old Shoultz to back to his dorm in Jackson Hall, where he discovered rolling papers and approximately 7.1 grams of marijuana weighed in a container.Shoultz was issued a misdemeanor summons and released.38-year-old man arrested in two-year-old burglary warrantA 38-year-old man unaffiliated with the University was arrested Feb. 25 for warrants on six counts of simple burglary, one count of burglary on an inhabited dwelling and 10 counts of criminal damages to coin-operated devices.The warrant was issued Dec. 11, 2007, for John Reed Jr. of 15535 Greenwell Springs Road in Greenwell Springs, La., following the investigation on a string of thefts of vending machines on campus.LSUPD was contacted by the Mississippi Department of Corrections on Feb. 24 and told Reed had been incarcerated in Mississippi for an extended period and was being released the next day. LSUPD traveled to Mississippi and picked up Reed, who was then booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.—-Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]
Crime Briefs 3/3/10
March 3, 2010