A Ruston man stopped for an improper blue light on his vehicle was charged with resisting and battering sheriff’s deputies after he allegedly defied efforts to arrest and book him into the detention center.
Jeremy Caldwell, 35, was stopped on the South Service Road at Tech Drive about 2:30 a.m. Sunday morning when a Lincoln Parish deputy saw an illegal blue light emitting from the vehicle’s front grill. Caldwell allegedly left his vehicle, questioning why he was stopped. Caldwell was directed numerous times to re-enter his vehicle for safety, but he refused.
Caldwell was arrested and began resisting by pulling away when the deputy attempted to apply handcuffs and place him in a patrol car. Once in the patrol car, Caldwell began yelling loudly and kicking the vehicle. The deputy’s affidavit said Caldwell declared numerous times that “he knew who I was and that he would pray for my family because [they are] going to need it after this.”
At the Lincoln Parish Detention Center, Caldwell threatened several staff members. He was booked for special restriction on lamps (illegal blue light), modified exhaust, resisting an officer, and public intimidation.
During the booking process, Caldwell was combative and kicked a detention officer in the lower abdomen and later punched him in the eye. An additional charge of battery of a police officer was added.
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