A Natchez, Miss., man was arrested by Ruston Police Sunday after he refused to leave a local hotel.
Police responded to the Quality Inn to investigate a report of a man loitering in the lobby who refused to leave. The desk clerk said Francis S. Brown, 36, refused to leave after being in the hotel for several hours. Police had responded to another Ruston hotel earlier when Brown was loitering there.
Officers asked Brown if he intended to check in and he replied yes but later said he had no money. Brown was told multiple times he had to leave the premises or face arrest but he refused to leave. He was arrested and taken to the Lincoln Parish Detention Center where a small amount of suspected methamphetamine was found in his wallet during booking. He was charged with remaining on premises after being forbidden and possession of methamphetamine.
Bail was set at $9,000.
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