The Lincoln Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested two men last Friday, one wanted on warrants and a second who tried to keep him from being captured.
Cody Hunter, 30, and Daniel King, 38, both of Ruston were taken into custody on August 9. Hunter was wanted on numerous warrants and King allegedly tried to keep deputies from finding Hunter.
Deputies went to a towing service on Works Road to arrest Hunter who was supposed to be on the premises. Daniel King met deputies at the office door of the service garage and said Hunter was not in the building. King said they could search but then allegedly tried to steer deputies into the tow yard to look for Hunter.
However, Hunter was found hiding behind a door in the building. He was taken into custody and deputies then attempted to find King to ascertain why he hindered them from apprehending Hunter.
A deputy saw a man he believed was King leave the tow yard in a vehicle driven by another person. The vehicle was stopped on U. S. 80 and King was arrested.
King said he lied about Hunter’s whereabouts, saying he was trying to “diffuse the situation.”
Hunter was booked on three Lincoln Parish warrants for domestic abuse battery by strangulation, domestic abuse battery with child endangerment, and false imprisonment as well as a failure to appear in court warrant for dogs running at large, and a warrant from Fourth Judicial District Court.
King was booked for obstruction of justice. His bail was set at $5,000.
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