Ruston Police arrested a man on numerous warrants and drug charges after officers responded to a shoplifting report at the Family Dollar store on South Monroe Street.
Larry D. Fields, 57, was one of three men encountered at the store. Fields was found with a glass pipe in his hand commonly used for smoking narcotics. A records check showed Fields was wanted on four warrants for failure to appear on charges in Third District Court.
A search of the vehicle the suspects were using discovered a brown bag containing a white crystal-like substance directly under where Fields had been sitting.
Fields was arrested for possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, and the four bench warrants. His bail was set at $3,250.
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