A Ruston man and a Shreveport woman were arrested last Friday after both went to the Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s Office to file complaints on one another.
Dustin Devors, 27, was charged with battery on Elyssa Coker, 23, who is accused of entering Devors’s house without permission.
The two were interviewed regarding an incident that had occurred earlier in the day.
Devors told deputies he and Coker had been dating off and on for three years. He said he had been drinking and passed out. He said he woke up to find Coker in his house.
Devors said he yelled at Coker to leave, but she refused. Devors said he attempted to call police, but Coker grabbed his phone. Coker reportedly admitted he grabbed Coker by the hair and pulled her to the ground. Her head hit the ground, leaving a knot.
Police arrived, Devors said, and mediated the situation and the matter was more or less resolved. Devors stated, however, that Coker had been calling and texting him nonstop and he wanted her to stop. He said he went to the Sheriff’s Office to file the complaint, unaware Coker was also doing so.
Coker said she went to Devors’s house to check on him after he stopped replying to her and was worried about him. She said she knocked on the door several times and Devors stated. for her to come in. Devors said he did not recall telling her to come inside. He said the first thing he remembered was waking to find Coker in his house. Coker was asked if Devors had invited her over and she stated no, she was worried about him and went to check on him.
Coker was arrested for unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling and Devors for battery of a dating partner. Both were booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center.
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