A Ruston woman was arrested last Wednesday after she allegedly began an argument while armed with a knife.
Ruston Police responded to a Clinton Circle residence last Wednesday morning regarding a disturbance reportedly involving a knife and a gun. A man at the residence told officers Patricia Williams, 37, had approached his girlfriend’s residence to argue with him. The man said Williams was carrying a knife at the time.
The man said he saw the knife, and understanding Williams wanted to argue with him, retrieved a firearm to defend himself if Williams attempted to enter the apartment.
Williams told police the man stood inside the front door of the residence holding the firearm until the area’s security guard arrived and separated them.
Williams also told officers initially there was no knife, and she only approached the man to argue. However, witnesses to the incident said a knife was present on the porch where Williams was located during the confrontation. Williams then changed her account and admitted she was holding a kitchen knife when she approached the man at his girlfriend’s residence.
Williams was arrested for aggravated assault and booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center. Bail was set at $1,000.
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