Man armed with box cutter arrested

Lincoln Parish deputies arrested a local man allegedly acting erratically while he disturbed his neighborhood early Tuesday morning.

Deputies were sent to a mobile home park on Castle Street just outside Ruston about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday to investigate a report of a man pacing up and down the street while screaming and yelling profanities. Deputies had answered a similar call the previous night.


Deputies found Antonio Spivey, 45, in the street and asked him multiple times to identify himself. He repeatedly said his name was Jesus or Jesus Christ. He was carrying a box cutter blade and was instructed several times to place it on the ground.

Spivey was eventually taken into custody and taken to the Lincoln Parish Detention Center where he was booked for disturbing the peace and resisting an officer by giving false information.

Bail was set at $1,000.

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