A former Grambling State University basketball player with a history of domestic violence offenses was arrested by Ruston Police last Thursday after a complaint he injured his current girlfriend.
Ruston Police responded to a Rusty Lane apartment about 6:20 a.m. Thursday morning where they learned the suspect, Chanse Emil Robinson, 22, had left the scene.
A woman told officers she and Robinson had been in a relationship for three years. She alleged Robinson grabbed her face during an argument, causing scratches and cuts.
Police saw the woman had a fresh laceration near her right eye and a spilt upper lip.
A witness told officers she found the visibly upset victim holding her face and crying. When she asked what happened, Robinson did not reply but picked up his bags and left the apartment.
RPD, accompanied by the Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s Office, went to Robinson’s Barker Drive residence where he was arrested. Robinson told police he was leaving the woman’s apartment when she grabbed him his arm and he jerked away. He speculated that a bag he was carrying could have caused the woman’s injuries.
Robinson has faced multiple charges since 2020 following arrests for domestic violence against dating partners.
Robinson was booked for battery of a dating partner and probation violation on previous charges of resisting an officer, battery of a dating partner, and four counts of aggravated assault.
Bail from the Thursday incident was set at $2,500; no bail will be set on the probation violation charges until he appears before a judge.
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