Police and fire briefs for May 17, 2008

• Advocate staff report
• Published: May 17, 2008 - Page: 2B - UPDATED: 12:05 a.m.

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Two shot, wounded on Lehmann Street
Two men were shot and wounded in the 1600 block of Lehmann Street Thursday evening, police spokesman Capt. Lazarus Turner said in a news release.

Officers responding to the call discovered that both men had left the scene, traveling in a private car to a hospital, the release says.

Witnesses said the victims were shot by a man who stepped out of a car that stopped after passing the men, Turner said. The wounds to both victims were not considered life threatening.

Anyone with any information about this shooting is asked to call Baton Rouge Police’s Major Assaults Division at (225) 389-3844 or Crime Stoppers at (225) 344-7867.

At least 12 arrested on suspicion of DWI
Authorities arrested at least 12 people suspected of driving while intoxicated in East Baton Rouge Parish and booked them into Parish Prison between 3 p.m. Thursday and 3 p.m. Friday, booking records show.

Those booked and the counts against them:

• David Sean Williams, 31, 415 Cloud Drive, No. 4, first-offense DWI and improper lane usage.
• Dagan Drew Pitre, 30, 712 Carol Marie Drive, second-offense DWI, improper lane usage and reckless operation.
• Elizabeth Jayne Wilson, 26, 720 Park Blvd., Apt. A, first-offense DWI and improper lane usage.
• Delpherine Lamont Lee, 32, 14345 Elmbridge Ave., first-offense DWI, failure to yield from a private drive, improper lane usage and reckless operation.
• Gregory James Terrebone Jr., 20, 1741 Brightside Lane, Apt. FA, first-offense DWI, reckless operation, failure to stop or yield, and failure to signal.
• Mark A. Lazard, 26, 11111 N. Harrell’s Ferry Road, Apt. 211, first-offense DWI and obstruction of a public highway.
• Jeffrey Scott Gremillion, 27, 8508 Summa Ave., Apt. 14, first-offense DWI, improper lane usage and disobeying a red light.
• Jesse Alcide Ledet, 27, 15522 Summerwood Ave., first-offense DWI, driving over median and reckless operation.
• Jeffrey L. Pettit, 52, 11329 Family Road, Gonzales, first-offense DWI, disobeying a red light and reckless operation.
• Glenn Allen Burge Jr., 30, 11555 Brown Road, Denham Springs, first-offense DWI, reckless operation and speeding.
• Joseph Habetz Eldridge, 22, 863 W. Johnson St., first-offense DWI, two counts of improper lane usage, and littering from vehicle.
• Jennifer Janice Hackler, 28, 312 Spencer Court, first-offense DWI, speeding, and passing in a no-passing zone.

Compiled from Advocate staff reports. To talk to a crime reporter, call (225) 388-0369.