A woman has been charged after she allegedly forced her way into a Sutton Drive apartment in southwest Ruston last week.
Ryneisha Mayfield, 23, of Dubach, was arrested by Ruston Police about noon on April 17 for several violent offenses.
Officers who responded to a disturbance call at a Sutton Drive residence found the front door open and Mayfield sitting on a bedroom floor holding another woman face down with the woman’s hair in her hands. Mayfield was taken into custody without resistance.
Mayfield told officers she went to the apartment unannounced to get money from the man for her son.
The man reportedly told police he opened the door to speak to Mayfield about why she had come, but she became irate, kicked in the door, and entered the house.
He said she threw an object at his 2-year-old son and then went to the bedroom and attacked the other woman who was in bed.
The man said he attempted to restrain Mayfield by grabbing her by the neck to get her off the other woman, but she bit him on the arm.
The other woman told police she heard a commotion in the living room just before Mayfield entered the bedroom and attacked her. The woman fought Mayfield who also bit her. Police said they saw bite marks on both victims. Ruston EMS provided treatment at the scene.
Mayfield was booked at the Lincoln Parish Detention Center for home invasion, domestic abuse battery, cruelty to a juvenile, and simple battery.
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