A Ruston man was arrested early last Thursday morning after a Lincoln Parish deputy stopped him for driving a car with a switched license plate.
While patrolling on La. Highway 821 at about 12:30 a.m., a deputy saw a silver Hyundai Elantra with a Utah license plate. The plate looked suspicious because it was faded and battered. A license check showed the plate belonged to a blue Ford Focus.
When the driver, Charles B. Roberts, 37, was stopped, he explained he bought the vehicle with that license plate on it from a woman in Choudrant. A check on the vehicle identification number showed the car had not been registered since 2021 and was not covered by liability insurance.
The deputy learned Roberts had no driver’s license and was wanted for failure to appear in court for no driver’s license, no insurance, no seat belt, and no vehicle registration. He was arrested and taken to the Lincoln Parish Detention Center where he was booked for switched license plate, no driver’s license, no insurance, and the four Ruston City Court warrants. Bail was set at $14,000.
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