Student arrested for DWI and traffic violationsLSUPD arrested a student May 6 at 1:38 a.m. for driving while intoxicated, improper lane usage, headlights violation and turning right on a no right turn on red.LSU Police Department Spokesman Sgt. Blake Tabor said officers were patrolling around East Chimes Street when they noticed a vehicle violating turning right on a red light. Officers made contact with Mark Christina, 23, of 5151 Highland Road, Baton Rouge, and noticed a strong alcoholic odor. Christina failed all three sobriety tests and refused to submit to a chemical test.He was booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.Student arrested for trespassing at Atkinson HallOfficers arrested University student William Salzer, 23, of 948 Rossmore Ave., Baton Rouge, fortrespassing Atkinson Hall by entering the building through a window.Officers observed several subjects May 7 standing on the south side of Atkinson looking into the basement windows at 12:47 a.m.Tabor said Salzer entered to turn in an overdue project for class while the building was locked.Officers issued a misdemeanor for criminal trespassing and released him from the scene.Student arrested for speeding, driving while intoxicatedOfficers running stationary radar near Highland Road and Nicholson Extension pulled over a University student May 9 at 2:49 a.m. for driving 40 mph in a 25-mph zone.Tabor said officers identified the driver as Student Media employee Jeffery Martinez, 20, of 3625 Ole Miss Drive, Kenner, and identified an alcoholic odor on his breath.Martinez failed all three sobriety tests and registered a .206 blood-alcohol level, Tabor said.He was transported to East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.Man arrested for bike theft,aggravated assaultOfficers responded to a complaint May 12 at 1:01 p.m. in the East Campus Apartments area after a call regarding a male wearing a yellow and green shirt and black shorts stealing a bike.Tabor said the complaintent confronted the suspect, and the suspect pulled a knife on him and said, “If you come at me again, I will cut you.”Officers located the suspect on May Street and told him several times to stop, and he refused.Tabor said officers arrested and identified the man as Michael Boston, 39, of 440 South Blvd., Baton Rouge, and found he had been previously banned from campus.Boston was charged with theft, aggravated assault, resisting an officer and remaining after being forbidden and was booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.Man arrested for improper lane usage, driving while intoxicatedOfficers patrolling Highland Road near South Stadium Drive noticed a vehicle crossing the center lane on May 30 at 1:57 a.m.Tabor said they identified the driver as Matthew Anders, 22, of 13335 Whippoorwill, Baton Rouge, and noticed a strong alcoholic odor.Anders failed all three sobriety tests and registered a .147 blood-alcohol level.Anders was booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. Man arrested for DWI, careless vehicle operationOfficers stopped at the intersection of Nicholson Drive and North Stadium Drive on June 3 at 2:26 a.m. noticed a car driving at a high rate of speed toward a red light come to a screeching stop in the middle of the intersection.Tabor said officers identified the man as Joshua Beckes, 29, of 448 West Parker Blvd., Apt 13, Baton Rouge, and noticed a strong alcoholic odor.Beckes failed all three sobriety tests and registered a .178 blood-alcohol level.Beckes was booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.–
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Crime Briefs – June 8, 2010
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