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Campus Crime Briefs: Oct. 10, 2012

By The Daily Reveille News Staff • October 9, 2012

Student arrested for outstanding traffic warrants in routine stop History student William Chase Gore, 21, was arrested Oct. 2 for outstanding traffic warrants. LSU Police Department officers conducted...

University student arrested for attempted murder

By Staff Reports • October 9, 2012

The LSU Police Department arrested a University student who attempted to shoot her mother in New Orleans on Oct. 8. Around 6:30 a.m., LSUPD received a call from the step-father of Nicole Lea Boover,...

Arraignment delayed for bomb suspect

By Staff Report • October 7, 2012

William Bouvay Jr., the man arrested for calling in a bomb threat to the University on Sept. 17, will be arraigned Oct. 11 after the original date, set for Oct. 5, was moved. The East Baton Rouge Parish...

Bomb threat suspect to be arraigned Oct. 11

By Staff Reports • October 5, 2012

William Bouvay Jr., the man arrested for calling in a bomb threat to the University on Sept. 17, will be arraigned Oct. 11. The state officially charged Bouvay for reporting the fake threat Thursday...

Bomb threat suspect charged by state

By Staff Reports • October 4, 2012

The state has officially charged William Bouvay Jr., the man arrested for calling in a bomb threat to the University on Sept. 17, for reporting the fake threat. The East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney's...

Campus Crime Briefs: October 3, 2012

By The Daily Reveille News Staff • October 2, 2012

Vet school employees arrested for stealing $600 worth of dog food LSU School of Veterinary Medicine employees Douglas Simpson, 62, and Oscar Johnson, 56, were arrested for felony theft after stealing...

Woman raped near Brightside

By Chris Grillot • October 2, 2012

The Baton Rouge Police Department is investigating an alleged kidnapping and rape that occurred near Brightside Drive and Nicholson Drive around 2 p.m. Monday. The victim, a 20-year-old woman, said she...

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,...

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

By Chris Grillot • October 2, 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. ...

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

By Chris Grillot, Ferris McDaniel, Catherine Threlkeld • September 20, 2012

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...