Student arrested for drunk driving, hospitalized after wreckOfficers patrolling Highland Road on June 8 at 3:34 a.m. encountered a car crashed into a yellow pole by a parking booth on South Stadium Drive between Tower Drive and Highland Road.LSU Police Department Spokesman Sgt. Blake Tabor said officers made contact with the student, Darrell Barnett, of 434 Pollard Place, Shreveport, and smelled a strong odor of alcohol.Barnett, 20, was transported to Our Lady of the Lake Medical Center for minor injuries. Police issued the suspect a misdemeanor summons for careless operation of a motor vehicle, driving without a seat belt and driving while intoxicated.LSUPD allowed him to remain in the hospital.Student arrested for drunk driving, driving without headlightsOfficers at the intersection of Nicholson Drive and South Stadium Drive noticed a vehicle driving with no headlights June 8 at 2:58 a.m.Tabor said officers made contact with the student, William White Jr., of 6142 Durande Dr., Baton Rouge, and noticed a strong odor of alcohol.The 20-year-old failed all three sobriety tests and registered a .133 blood-alcohol level.He was transported to East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on the charges of driving while intoxicated and driving without headlights at night.Student arrested for drug complaint, prohibited actsThe LSU Student Health Center contacted LSUPD detectives June 9 at 11:49 a.m. for a drug complaint involving a student.Tabor said detectives found the suspect, Melanie Matthews, 24, of 5225 Cleveland Place, Metairie, had obtained at least 25 prescriptions from several doctors in the Baton Rouge area.Matthews was arrested for prohibited acts and booked in East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.–Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]