Ruston Police arrested a local man last week after he was allegedly involved in a domestic abuse incident.
Ronald D. Gray, 43, of Ruston, was arrested January 17 after officers responded to a West Barnett Springs Avenue apartment regarding a domestic battery and property damage report.
As officers were responding to the call, they were told Gray had run away from the scene. An officer responding to the calls spotted Gray near the intersection of Maple Street and West Alabama Ave. Gray reportedly ran from officers, but was apprehended through use of a Taser.
The victim told officers she and Gray had been in a relationship off and on for several years. She said Gray had knocked on her door and she had opened it expecting it to be someone else. The woman said Gray shoved his food stamp card into her hand, but she threw it back outside, thinking Gray would leave the residence. Instead as she attempted to close the door, Gray forced his way inside. She attempted to call police on her cell phone, but Gray allegedly knocked it out of her hand, causing it to break.
The woman said Gray struck her three times, once on the right side of her neck and twice on her right cheek. Officer saw a scratch on the woman’s right forearm and on the back of her neck. When a friend came out of another room, Gray left the apartment.
Gray told olice he was at the residence to confront the woman because he believed she was stealing his Social Security and food stamp money. He said he entered the apartment because she allowed him inside and that he never struck the her. He could not explain how she acquired her injuries.
In a related call, an officer responded to a Larson Street residence where a man said his neighbor informed him Gray had thrown an object into his windshield, causing damage. The officer viewed surveillance video of the incident. A neighbor said he saw Gray walking away from the victim’s vehicle.
Gray was booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center for domestic abuse battery, unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling, resisting an officer, and two counts of criminal damage the property. His bail amount was set at $1,000.
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