The Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested a Ruston man Tuesday after a report of a domestic disturbance on Havins Road.
Deputies responded to the call about 8:30 a.m. where a woman told them Gabriel Mata, 19, punched her in the face. The woman said she fell back on a bed and Mata got on top of her and she had to fight him off. The woman said there were two children present at the time.
Mata was arrested for domestic abuse battery with child endangerment and booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center.
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