Ruston Police arrested a local man who apparently phoned a false report to police to cover his illegal entry into a home.
Police responded to an Eastland Avenue residence Tuesday afternoon to investigate a report of a woman being assaulted by a group of men.
A man was found outside the residence who officers recognized as the suspect in a previous home invasion at that address. Aubrey Miller, 29, of Ruston, was detained and a folding knife recovered from his pants pocket. Miller said he came to the house because he heard a woman screaming and he asked to come inside. He said he was then attacked by several men with sticks, and he pulled the knife to defend himself.
Officers then talked to the victim from the previous home invasion that occurred on January 1. The man told police through an interpreter that he was in his room when Miller entered the residence. The man said Miller saw him and other Hispanic males in the house and he pulled a knife out. The victim said he and the other men then grabbed sticks and battered Miller until he left the residence.
Miller then told police he had spoken to the landlord and agreed to pay for a window he had broken to avoid arrest. Miller pointed to a nearby residence. It was determined the landlord for that residence was not the landlord where the incident occurred. Miller then changed his statement from calling the police because a woman was being attacked to asking to come inside because he was homeless and cold.
Miller was arrested for home invasion and aggravated assault as well as a warrant for home invasion for the January incident. He was booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center where he is being held on $85,000 bail.
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