The Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s Office took a man into custody on Bear Creek Road in the Stow Creek neighborhood northeast of Ruston Tuesday night after an hours-long standoff with authorities.
Jonathan O. Borders, 45, of Ruston, was arrested on warrants about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday after deputies responded to a residence in response to a call from a family member. Deputies were told Borders had not been seen in several days and that doors into the home had been barricaded. Borders allegedly denied the property owner entry into the house.
Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s Office (LPSO) spokesman Lt. Matt Henderson said that at the time, the agency held arrest warrants for Borders for aggravated assault with a firearm and simple battery stemming from a December 18 incident. Henderson said that case was not domestic-related.
The responding patrol deputies went into “barricade protocol” and the LPSO Special Response Team (SRT) was summoned to the scene about 4:00 p.m., according to Captain Brad Wall.
Wall said SRT responded and attempted to make contact with Borders. After extensive efforts to talk Borders out without a response, SRT forced access and entered the house.
Neighbors reported hearing authorities using a public address system attempting to talk Borders out of the house. Wall said a loud noise some neighbors may have assumed was a gunshot was instead the use of a device routinely used to breach doors.
Borders was found hiding in the attic, Wall said, and was taken into custody with only mild resistance.
Following his arrest, Borders was transported to the Northern Louisiana Medical Center for evaluation. After treatment, Borders was booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center on the warrants. Bail was set at $17,500.
Sheriff Stephen Williams told the Lincoln Parish Journal, “This was a very difficult call, but our team did an outstanding job safely removing [Borders] from the residence.”
