Ruston Police arrested a local man variety after a report he was shoplifting at a local discount store.
At about 1:20 p.m. Friday, the Dollar General store on South Vienna Street reported that a man had shoplifted and was still inside the store. When officers arrived, the manager said the suspect had walked out of the store toward a mobile home park on Riser Road.
The suspect, Bryant L. Graham, 39, was located and advised of his rights. Graham confessed to being at Dollar General and gave an officer permission to search a bag he had in his possession. The bag contained a glass smoking pipe with suspected drug residue in it.
A records check showed Graham was wanted on a warrant for theft by shoplifting at the same Dollar General store and December. No items from Dollar General we’re located.
Graham was arrested and booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center for possession of drug paraphernalia and the warrant for theft by shoplifting. Bail was set at $1,000.
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