Police arrested a Ruston woman last Monday after she allegedly lied about her name and was found with crack cocaine.
Andrecia D. Mays, 34, was arrested February 3 after a Ruston Police supervisor saw a vehicle stopped in the middle of the roadway on Jones Street. When the officer approached, the two occupants both attempted to walk away from the vehicle. One of the women initially identified herself as Dena Mays. However, the name could not be verified.
As the officer attempted to detain the woman, she began to pull away and cry. When asked why she was resisting, she admitted she had a pipe for smoking illegal drugs on her.
The glass pipe and a small plastic bag of suspected cocaine was found in her jacket pocket. The woman finally identified herself as Andrecia Mays.
Two active warrants through were found for Mays for failure to appear in Third District Court on charges of simple battery and possession of a Schedule II controlled substance.
Mays was booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center for a possession of cocaine, resisting an officer by providing false information, and the two warrants. Bail was set at $26,500.
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