A local man was arrested last Tuesday after he left letters at a Ruston hotel threatening violence in retaliation against a former employee.
Demarea Wilkerson, 20, of Ruston, was charged with terrorizing after an interview with Ruston Police. According to an officer’s report, Wilkerson said he placed five letters in the Fairfield Inn. Some of the letters mentioned “shooting up” the hotel.
Police viewed surveillance video showing Wilkerson, a former employee, placing the letters around the hotel Monday night. Wilkerson said he placed the letters in an effort to bet back at a former female employee due to an incident that occurred during the summer.
The letters reportedly contained explicit language and threats of violence toward certain hotel employees. The letters had the name of a former female employee on them. The former female employee said she had no knowledge of the incident.
Wilkerson was booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center. His bail was set at $5,000.
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