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Alabama fan pleads guilty to lewd act

By Staff Reports October 2, 2012

The Alabama fan who exposed himself and assaulted an LSU fan in a New Orleans fast food restaurant after the 2012 BCS National Championship game pled guilty to obscenity charges Tuesday. Brian H. Downing,...

source: Reported crimes from the LSU 2012 Annual Security and Fire Report

LSUPD handled 80 reports of criminal offenses in 2011, up from 49 in 2010

By Chris Grillot October 1, 2012

Burglaries almost quadrupled, and drug and alcohol offenses nearly doubled on campus from 2010 to 2011, according to the University’s 2012 Annual Security and Fire Report released Friday. The LSU...

Crime Briefs: Sept. 26, 2012

By Staff Reports September 25, 2012

Student cries wolf, gets arrested Biological engineering student William Connor Sinclair was arrested Sept. 21 after he admitted to lying to police about being robbed on Tower Drive near Williams Hall.  ...

William Bouvay Jr., 42, of 8224 Skysail Ave., was arrested Wednesday morning, Sept. 19 in relation to the bomb threat reported Monday, Sept. 17.

Bouvay indicted by grand jury for bomb threat

By Staff Reports September 20, 2012

William Bouvay Jr. has been indicted by a federal grand jury, according the U.S. Attorney's office and Baton Rouge district attorney. Bouvay is being charged with willfully conveying false information...

BR airport evacuated after bomb threat, second in two weeks

The Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport's terminal and its parking garage were evacuated due to a bomb threat Thursday evening, according to airport spokesman Jim Caldwell. East Baton Rouge Sheriff Sid...

William Bouvay Jr., 42, of 8224 Skysail Ave., was arrested Wednesday morning, Sept. 19 in relation to the bomb threat reported Monday, Sept. 17.

Bouvay’s arrest record reveals repeated offenses

By Kevin Thibodeaux September 19, 2012

Before 42-year-old Baton Rouge resident William Bouvay Jr. registered on local law enforcement’s radar for calling in Monday’s bomb threat, he had a long rap sheet of run-ins with the law including...

Student journalists get hands-on experience after bomb scare

By Chris Grillot September 19, 2012

To an average person, bomb threats at universities are pretty shitty. But when you work for a student newspaper, bomb threats at universities are absolutely awesome — especially when it’s your...

LSU bomb suspect William Bouvay Jr.'s house on 8224 Skysail Ave in Baton Rouge, LA. Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012.

Friends of Bouvay say incident was out of character

By Joshua Bergeron September 19, 2012

William Bouvay Jr. was just another neighbor to some residents of Skysail Avenue until Tuesday night. Deon Sartain, a resident of Skysail Avenue, said Bouvay’s routine is not unusual. “He was...

East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff Sid Gautreaux III speaks to the press Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012 about the collective efforts to detain William Bouvay Jr., 42, after he made a bomb threat to LSU's campus on Monday. (Catherine Threlkeld / The Daily Reveille)

Arrest made within 48 hours of bomb threat

By Brian Sibille September 19, 2012

An alarming text message, campus-wide confusion, hours of gridlocked campus roads, bomb squads scouring buildings, questions left unanswered — it wasn’t even 48 hours before the man responsible...

William Bouvay Jr., 42, of 8224 Skysail Ave., was arrested Wednesday morning, Sept. 19 in relation to the bomb threat reported Monday, Sept. 17.

University makes arrest for Monday’s bomb threat

By Staff Reports September 19, 2012

Updated 1:06 p.m. -- According to the affidavit of probable cause, Bouvay's alleged call to the EBR 911 Center was made at 10:32 a.m. on Monday. The following was recorded: "Yes, I planted three...

Crime Briefs: Sept. 19, 2012

By Chris Grillot September 18, 2012

Man arrested for fugitive warrant Officers arrested Patrick Henry Thomas on Sept. 15 after he sped down East Campus Drive in the opposite lane and nearly lost control. When LSU Police Department officers...

Crime Briefs: Sept. 11, 2012

By The Daily Reveille News Staff September 12, 2012

University student arrested for battery in Residential College Mechanical engineering student John G. Meyer, 19, was arrested Sept. 5 for second degree battery after beating another student in the Engineering...