A Ruston woman was arrested Sunday after police investigating a report of a woman screaming discovered she was wanted on several warrants.
Aujaney M. Simmons, 24, was located when Ruston Police responded to a call of a woman screaming on Dunn Street about 11 a.m. Sunday. Simmons told officers she ran out of gas and was waiting for someone to pick her up.
A records check showed Simmons was wanted on two warrants from Ruston City Court for failure to appear on charges of disturbing the peace and theft. Another warrant from Third Judicial District Court with bail set at $150,000 was also located. The nature of the charge was not available at publication time.
Simmons was arrested and taken to the Lincoln Parish Detention Center where she was booked on the three warrants. The total bail was said at $158,000.
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