MAN DRIVES ERRATICALLY, ARRESTED FOR DWIA 27-year-old man unaffiliated with the University was arrested April 30 for improper lane usage and driving while intoxicated. An LSU Police Department officer was patrolling on Highland Road when a truck was seen swerving in and out of its lane at a low rate of speed around 2:39 a.m., said Sgt. Jason Bettencourtt, LSUPD spokesman. As the truck approached South Stadium Drive, the driver crossed the yellow center line and continued crossing the line for about 50 yards, Bettencourtt said. The officer stopped the driver, Brandon Hawkins of 1104 Chemin Drive in Baker, on Stanford Avenue. Hawkins was ordered out of the vehicle but refused, Bettencourtt said. The officer smelled a strong odor of alcohol on Hawkins’ breath when he approached the truck.Hawkins exhibited poor balance when he exited the vehicle, Bettencourtt said. Hawkins refused to answer the officer’s questions but did submit to field sobriety tests, during which he showed signs of intoxication, Bettencourtt said. Hawkins refused to submit to a chemical test. He was arrested and booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. - – –WOMAN DRIVES DRUNK, ATTEMPTS TO FLEE POLICEMorgan L. Wilson, a 22-year-old woman unaffiliated with the University, was arrested April 22 for DWI, flight from an officer, having an open container of alcohol in a vehicle and careless operation.An LSUPD officer observed a vehicle driving on the sidewalk on the north side of Tiger Stadium at a high speed around 3:55 a.m., Bettencourtt said. The driver then left the sidewalk, paused and headed west on South Stadium Drive. An officer standing outside the Public Safety Building got the driver’s attention and warned her to stop, but Wilson sped away. Bettencourtt said the officer pursued the vehicle onto Nicholson Drive, where Wilson continued her attempt to flee, driving more than 70 mph.Wilson eventually stopped on Nicholson Drive near West Chimes Street, and the officer saw a beer can in the vehicle’s console and smelled alcohol on her breath. She agreed to field sobriety tests, during which she showed signs of intoxication, and refused a chemical test, to Bettencourtt said. Wilson was arrested and booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.- – – -Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]