Police arrested a Grambling man Wednesday following the investigation of a domestic incident.
Officers of the Grambling Police Department responded to a Young Street apartment where a woman said she and her boyfriend Stephen Earl Evans, 54, got into a verbal altercation that turned physical. The woman said Evans was upset because she walked to the laundromat to wash her clothes.
When she returned, Evans allegedly broke a liquor bottle by striking her face with it. Officers saw a bruise on the right side of her face and a swollen jaw.
The woman said she immediately called 911 because she was in fear of Evans. The woman said Evans had been drinking all day and appeared to be intoxicated.
Officer found a broken bottle on the staircase outside the victim’s apartment.
The woman said her two children were present when Evans hit her with the bottle.
Evans told officers he had been drinking but that he never put his hands on the woman. He was arrested and booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center for aggravated battery and battery of a dating partner with child endangerment.
The bail amount for Evans was not immediately available.
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