Staff Member arrested for UREC Smoothie King theft
LSUPD arrested staff member Clyde Green, 54, June 7 for stealing energy drinks, protein bars and other snacks from the Smoothie King in the UREC. Green was issued a misdemeanor summons for theft and released.
Athletic staffer arrested for battery
Leo Richard, 52, was arrested June 3 for one account of simple battery after being accused of physical contact between Richard and a fellow staffer at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. No injuries were sustained during the altercation. Richard was issued a misdemeanor summons for simple battery and released.
Student booked for identity theft
Student Yuneun Palomares, 35, was arrested by LSUPD June 1 acting on a March 2015 warrant that had him wanted for theft and identity theft. According to LSUPD spokesperson Kevin Scott, Palomares is accused of making payments of $1,100 to the LSU Bursar’s Office from a compromised bank account in June 2014.
Man arrested for dating violence
Joshua Banks, 24, was arrested for simple battery and improper telephone communications after threatening his girlfriend, an LSU student, over the phone and physically slapping her in the face multiple times at the Student Union in May.
Potential arson stopped by LSUPD
LSU students Nathan Wang, 21, and Eliot Organick, 20, were arrested June 4 after two LSUPD officers on foot patrol noticed a 4 ft. flame coming from the second floor balcony of a West Campus Apartment building. Organick was charged with aggravated arson and resisting an officer. Wang was arrested for trespassing as well as for the previous charges.