Ruston Police arrested a 32-year-old man last Wednesday after he allegedly battered two women.
Officers responded to a call to Illinois Avenue Wednesday that reported a man was chasing one of the victims down the street. Officers talked with one of the women who said Jonathan Alonzo of Ruston repeatedly struck another woman at the residence. The woman said Alonzo and the victim were a couple.
The victim got free from Alonzo, ran away and was not located. The woman said she had tried to break up the altercation between Alonzo and the victim and sustained minor injuries during that attempt.
Officers were told Alonzo likely traveled in his truck to his mother’s residence on Tarbutton Road. At about 5:45 p.m., police received a call that Alonzo was at the Tarbutton Road residence. He was placed under arrest for battery of a dating partner and domestic abuse battery and booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center.
At the time of the officer’s report, the victim had not been found.
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